Obesity, a metabolic disorder, is becoming a worldwide epidemic that predominantly
increases the risk for various diseases including metabolic inflammation, insulin resistance …

Macrophages are essential immune cells and play a major role in the immune response as
pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory agents depending on their plasticity and functions …

After HSV-1 infection, macrophages infiltrate early into the cornea, where they play an
important role in HSV-1 infection. Macrophages are divided into M1 or M2 groups based on …

Monocytes play a critical role in the innate and adaptive immune systems, performing
phagocytosis, presenting antigen, and producing cytokines. They are a heterogeneous …

To disseminate through the body, Zika virus (ZIKV) is thought to exploit the mobility of
myeloid cells, in particular monocytes and dendritic cells. However, the timing and …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common life-limiting recessive genetic disorders in
Caucasians, caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance …

Microbiota can influence the occurrence, development, and therapeutic response of a wide
variety of cancer types by modulating immune responses to tumors. Recent studies have …

ABSTRACT Introduction The oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is not only associated
with periodontitis but also with systemic diseases elsewhere in the body. The mechanisms …

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been considered the key drivers of cancer initiation and
progression due to their unlimited self-renewal capacity and their ability to induce tumor …

Monocytosis and neutrophilia are frequent events in atherosclerosis. These phenomena
arise from the increased proliferation of hematopoietic stem and multipotential progenitor …