Origin, differentiation, and function of intestinal macrophages

CC Bain, A Schridde - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are increasingly recognized as essential players in the maintenance of
intestinal homeostasis and as key sentinels of the intestinal immune system. However …

Macrophage plasticity and polarization: in vivo veritas

A Sica, A Mantovani - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Diversity and plasticity are hallmarks of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage. In
response to IFNs, Toll-like receptor engagement, or IL-4/IL-13 signaling, macrophages …

Roles of macrophages in the development and treatment of gut inflammation

X Han, S Ding, H Jiang, G Liu - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages, which are functional plasticity cells, have the ability to phagocytize and digest
foreign substances and acquire pro-(M1-like) or anti-inflammatory (M2-like) phenotypes …

Macrophages in intestinal homeostasis and inflammation

CC Bain, AMI Mowat - Immunological reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The intestine contains the largest pool of macrophages in the body which are essential for
maintaining mucosal homeostasis in the face of the microbiota and the constant need for …

Ly6Chi monocytes in the inflamed colon give rise to proinflammatory effector cells and migratory antigen-presenting cells

E Zigmond, C Varol, J Farache, E Elmaliah… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
Ly6C hi monocytes seed the healthy intestinal lamina propria to give rise to resident CX 3
CR1+ macrophages that contribute to the maintenance of gut homeostasis. Here we report …

Targeting eosinophils in allergy, inflammation and beyond

PC Fulkerson, ME Rothenberg - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2013 - nature.com
Eosinophils can regulate local immune and inflammatory responses, and their accumulation
in the blood and tissue is associated with several inflammatory and infectious diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct commensals induce interleukin-1β via NLRP3 inflammasome in inflammatory monocytes to promote intestinal inflammation in response to injury

SU Seo, N Kamada, R Muñoz-Planillo, YG Kim, D Kim… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
The microbiota stimulates inflammation, but the signaling pathways and the members of the
microbiota involved remain poorly understood. We found that the microbiota induces …

Therapeutic inflammatory monocyte modulation using immune-modifying microparticles

DR Getts, RL Terry, MT Getts, C Deffrasnes… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Inflammatory monocyte-derived effector cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of
numerous inflammatory diseases. However, no treatment option exists that is capable of …

Homeostatic eosinophils: characteristics and functions

T Marichal, C Mesnil, F Bureau - Frontiers in medicine, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Eosinophils are typically considered to be specialized effector cells that are recruited to the
tissues as a result of T helper type 2 (Th2) cell responses associated with helminth infections …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and functions of intestinal mononuclear phagocytes

T Joeris, K Müller-Luda, WW Agace, AMI Mowat - Mucosal immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
The intestinal lamina propria (LP) contains a diverse array of mononuclear phagocyte (MNP)
subsets, including conventional dendritic cells (cDC), monocytes and tissue-resident …