Functional phenotypes of intraplaque macrophages and their distinct roles in atherosclerosis development and atheroinflammation

NV Mushenkova, NG Nikiforov, AA Melnichenko… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Macrophages are the key inflammatory cell type involved in all stages of atherosclerosis
development and progression, as demonstrated by numerous studies. Correspondingly …

Platelet, a key regulator of innate and adaptive immunity

C Yan, H Wu, X Fang, J He, F Zhu - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Platelets, anucleate blood components, represent the major cell type involved in the
regulation of hemostasis and thrombosis. In addition to performing haemostatic roles …

Wnt signaling enhances macrophage responses to IL-4 and promotes resolution of atherosclerosis

A Weinstock, K Rahman, O Yaacov, H Nishi, P Menon… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Atherosclerosis is a disease of chronic inflammation. We investigated the roles of the
cytokines IL-4 and IL-13, the classical activators of STAT6, in the resolution of …

Resolvin D1 enhances necroptotic cell clearance through promoting macrophage fatty acid oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation

Z Hosseini, M Marinello, C Decker… - … , and vascular biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Plaque necrosis is a key feature of defective resolution in atherosclerosis. Recent
evidence suggests that necroptosis promotes plaque necrosis; therefore, we sought to …

One immune cell to bind them all: platelet contribution to neurodegenerative disease

G Rodriguez Moore, I Melo-Escobar, D Stegner… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD) collectively affect a significant
portion of the aging population worldwide. The pathological progression of AD involves not …

The provocative roles of platelets in liver disease and cancer

P Kanikarla Marie, NW Fowlkes… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Both platelets and the liver play important roles in the processes of coagulation and innate
immunity. Platelet responses at the site of an injury are rapid; their immediate activation and …

CLEC-2 prevents accumulation and retention of inflammatory macrophages during murine peritonitis

JH Bourne, N Beristain-Covarrubias… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Platelets play a key role in the development, progression and resolution of the inflammatory
response during sterile inflammation and infection, although the mechanism is not well …

Platelet formation and activation are influenced by neuronal guidance proteins

L Tang, C Liu, P Rosenberger - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Platelets are anucleate blood cells derived from megakaryocytes. They link the fundamental
functions of hemostasis, inflammation and host defense. They undergo intracellular calcium …

[HTML][HTML] The provocative roles of platelets in liver disease and cancer

PK Marie, NW Fowlkes, V Afshar-Kharghan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Both platelets and the liver play important roles in the processes of coagulation and innate
immunity. Platelet responses at the site of an injury are rapid; their immediate activation and …

Proinflammatory signaling mechanism of endocan in macrophages: Involvement of TLR2 mediated MAPK-NFkB pathways

SK Kumar, KP Mani - Cytokine, 2024 - Elsevier
Endocan is an endothelial cell-specific proteoglycan that contributes to vascular dysfunction
by impairing endothelial function and inducing vascular smooth muscle cell migration …