Pancreatic Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumour Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Christos Petrides, Kyriakos Neofytou, Aamir Z. Khan

“…Multiple biopsies taken showed extensive ulceration with granulation tissue formation and underlying large macrophages without being able to establish a definite diagnosis. …”
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Balancing inflammation: the specific roles of serum amyloid A proteins in sterile and infectious diseasese by Tirthankar Mohanty, Katarina Miličević, Henri Göthert, Andreas Tillmann, Médea Padra, Praveen Papareddy, Heiko Herwald

“…Overexpression of Saa1, Saa2, Saa3, and Saa4 in macrophages enhances NF-κB-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine production and bacterial clearance during infection. …”
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Exosome-Like Vesicles as New Mediators and Therapeutic Targets for Treating Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Mass Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Qian Ge, Xin Xin Xie, Xiaoqiu Xiao, Xi Li

“…These released ELVs can either enter the blood circulation or be taken up by neighboring cells or macrophages, which can lead to insulin resistance or β-cell apoptosis. …”
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Multifaceted roles of ninjurin1 in immunity, cell death, and disease by Lili Zhu, Yunfei Xu, Yunfei Xu

“…It is initially characterized to promote nerve regeneration and mediate the transendothelial transport of monocytes/macrophages associated with neuroinflammation. Recent evidence indicates that NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture (PMR) in lytic cell death. …”
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A Study on the Inflammatory Response of the Brain in Neurosyphilis by Qiyu Zhang, Jie Ma, Jia Zhou, Hanlin Zhang, Mansheng Li, Huizi Gong, Yujie Wang, Heyi Zheng, Jun Li, Ling Leng

“…Moreover, monocyte‐derived macrophages are key cells involved in the inflammatory response to Tp in the CNS of NS patients. …”
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Calophyllum brasiliense Modulates the Immune Response and Promotes Leishmania amazonensis Intracellular Death by L. Domeneghetti, I. G. Demarchi, J. Z. Caitano, R. B. Pedroso, T. G. V. Silveira, M. V. C. Lonardoni

“…This study showed the leishmanicidal and immunomodulatory effects of a 30 μg/mL of hydroalcoholic extract of C. brasiliense in murine macrophages before and after Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis infection. …”
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The role of cisplatin in modulating the tumor immune microenvironment and its combination therapy strategies: a new approach to enhance anti-tumor efficacy by Guandu Li, Xiangyu Che, Shijin Wang, Dequan Liu, Deqian Xie, Bowen Jiang, Zunwen Zheng, Xu Zheng, Guangzhen Wu

“…The anti-tumor effect of cisplatin is closely related to the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), which includes several immune cell types, such as the tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs), dendritic cells (DCs), myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), regulatory T cells (Tregs), and natural killer (NK) cells. …”
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PCSK9: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Sepsis by Yuan Yuan, Wei Wu, Shanshan Sun, Yi Zhang, Zhi Chen

“…Moreover, it might improve cholesterol accumulation and augment toll-like receptor function in macrophages, which supported inflammatory responses. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Arthropathy Preceding Acute Systemic Manifestations of Sarcoidosis: A Possible Overlap of Idiopathic Juvenile Arthritis and Sarcoidosis by Matheus Campello Vieira, Priscilla Gomes Tosta, Fernanda Morello Nicole, Lucas Enock V. Roberto, Júlia Guasti P. Vianna, Paulo de Coelho Castro, Rafael Burgomeister Lourenço, Erica Vieira Serrano, Valéria Valim, Weverton Machado Luchi

“…Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease with unknown etiology, marked by T lymphocytes and macrophages agglomeration, which leads to the formation of noncaseating granulomas in the affected tissues. …”
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CD4 expression controls epidermal stem cell balance by Nadine Brandes, Heidi Hahn, Anja Uhmann

“…Here, we report that CD4, which is a typical marker of helper T cells, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells, is also expressed on murine K5+ keratinocytes. …”
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ITGAX promotes gastric cancer progression via epithelial-mesenchymal transition pathway by Jiali Hu, Jing Cao, Shanshan Huang, Yang Chen, Yang Chen

“…ITGAX (Integrin alpha X) is closely associated with immune cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells. Its involvement in gastric cancer was identified through an analysis of The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, which highlighted ITGAX as one of four key gastric cancer-related genes. …”
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The effect of nuclear transcriptional factor κВ activation inhibitor – curcumine on the experimental immune liver disease by I. N. Alekseyeva, N. V. Makogon, S. I. Pavlovich, T. M. Bryzgina, L. I. Aleksyuk, T. V. Martynova, V. S. Sukhina

“…At Т-cellular hepatitis cytolytic component of liver lesion, primary and secondary cell necrosis, depression of cytophagous activity of macrophages that causes preconditions for enhancement of inflammation were more intensive. …”
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miR-155: An Important Role in Inflammation Response by Jingyan Hu, Songli Huang, Xiaoli Liu, Yuan Zhang, Shengli Wei, Xiuhua Hu

“…We analyze the articles about miR-155 for nearly five years, review the advanced study on the function of miR-155 in different inflammatory cells like T cells, B cells, DCs, and macrophages, and then summarize the biological functions of miR-155 in different inflammatory cells. …”
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T Cell Activation and Regulation of HIV-1: Same Effectors with Distinct Outcomes by Jean-François Fortin, Benoit Barbeau, Gilles A Robichaud, Michel J Tremblay

“…For example, the viral promoter, as is the case for the immune system, is subject to complex regulation by combinations of cellular transcription factors that may quantitatively and/or qualitatively differ depending on cell types (eg, macrophages versus T lymphocytes) and cell states (eg, undifferentiated versus differentiated or quiescent versus activated). …”
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A sequencing-based method for quantifying gene-deletion mutants of bacteria in the intracellular environment by Xiao Fei, Xiao Fei, Zengzhi Yuan, Zengzhi Yuan, Sandra Marina Wellner, Yibing Ma, John Elmerdahl Olsen

“…Further, the method was used to quantify mutants of S. Gallinarum in macrophages. Six mutants and one control strain were mixed in a pool and allowed to infect HD11 cells for 2 h. …”
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Immunomodulatory effect of ethanol-soluble oligopeptides from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) by Zhen Yuan, Meilian Yang, Dongyang Zhu, Di Wu, Shuzhen Cheng, Chao Wu, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Ming Du

“…It promoted the release of NO and the expression of iNOS, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β genes in macrophages, suggesting that CP-ES may regulate innate immunity. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell–derived Extracellular Vesicles: An Emerging Therapeutic Strategy for Diabetic Wound Healing by Anna Meiliana, Nurrani Mustika Dewi, Andi Wijaya

“…MSC-EVs can be a safe, effective and ethical therapy for DFU by increasing M2 macrophages polarization, improving the proliferation, reducing scar, and improving angiogenesis. …”
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CCR5-ligand decorated rilpivirine lipid-based nanoparticles for sustained antiretroviral responses by Milankumar Patel, Sudipta Panja, Lubaba A. Zaman, Pravin Yeapuri, Shaurav Bhattarai, Santhi Gorantla, Linda Chang, Alonso Heredia, Piotr Walczak, Brandon Hanson, Samuel M. Cohen, Bhavesh D. Kevadiya, Howard E. Gendelman

“…The CCR5-mediated LBNP cell uptake and retention reduce HIV-1 replication in human monocyte-derived macrophages and infected humanized mice (hu mice). Focused ultrasound with microbubbles mediated blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption allows the CCR5-targeted LBNP to penetrate the BBB and reach brain myeloid cells. …”
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Isolation and Bioactivity Analysis of Ethyl Acetate Extract from Acer tegmentosum Using In Vitro Assay and On-Line Screening HPLC-ABTS+ System by Kwang Jin Lee, Na-Young Song, You Chang Oh, Won-Kyung Cho, Jin Yeul Ma

“…The anti-inflammatory activities and on-line screening HPLC-ABTS+ assay method of these compounds in LPS-stimulated murine macrophages were rapid and efficient for the investigation of bioactivity of A. tegmentosum.…”
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Microglia modulate the cerebrovascular reactivity through ectonucleotidase CD39 by Zhongxiao Fu, Mallikarjunarao Ganesana, Philip Hwang, Xiao Tan, Melissa Marie Kinkaid, Yu-Yo Sun, Emily Bian, Aden Weybright, Hong-Ru Chen, Katia Sol-Church, Ukpong B. Eyo, Clare Pridans, Francisco J. Quintana, Simon C. Robson, Pankaj Kumar, B. Jill Venton, Anne Schaefer, Chia-Yi Kuan

“…Abstract Microglia and the border-associated macrophages contribute to the modulation of cerebral blood flow, but the mechanisms have remained uncertain. …”
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