Macrophages in immunoregulation and therapeutics

S Chen, AFUH Saeed, Q Liu, Q Jiang, H Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages exist in various tissues, several body cavities, and around mucosal surfaces
and are a vital part of the innate immune system for host defense against many pathogens …

Macrophages as tools and targets in cancer therapy

A Mantovani, P Allavena, F Marchesi… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour-associated macrophages are an essential component of the tumour
microenvironment and have a role in the orchestration of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix …

Roles of tumor-associated macrophages in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for solid cancers

H Zhang, L Liu, J Liu, P Dang, S Hu, W Yuan, Z Sun… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, tumor immunotherapy has made significant progress. However, tumor
immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors) …

Tumor-associated macrophage subsets: sha** polarization and targeting

Q Zhang, M Sioud - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a critical regulator of tumor growth, progression, and
metastasis. Among the innate immune cells recruited to the tumor site, macrophages are the …

Targeting IRG1 reverses the immunosuppressive function of tumor-associated macrophages and enhances cancer immunotherapy

YJ Chen, GN Li, XJ Li, LX Wei, MJ Fu, ZL Cheng… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Immune-responsive gene 1 (IRG1) encodes aconitate decarboxylase (ACOD1) that
catalyzes the production of itaconic acids (ITAs). The anti-inflammatory function of IRG1/ITA …

Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and the influence of inflammation

M Algoet, S Janssens, U Himmelreich, W Gsell… - Trends in cardiovascular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acute myocardial infarction is caused by a sudden coronary artery occlusion and leads to
ischemia in the corresponding myocardial territory which generally results in myocardial …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-associated neutrophils and neutrophil-targeted cancer therapies

H Que, Q Fu, T Lan, X Tian, X Wei - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neutrophils are the frontline cells in response to microbial infections and are involved in a
range of inflammatory disorders in the body. In recent years, neutrophils have gained …

Macrophage cell membrane-based nanoparticles: a new promising biomimetic platform for targeted delivery and treatment

Y Wu, S Wan, S Yang, H Hu, C Zhang, J Lai… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Synthetic nanoparticles with surface bioconjugation are promising platforms for targeted
therapy, but their simple biological functionalization is still a challenging task against the …

Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 modulates macrophage polarization and stiffness sensing

H Atcha, A Jairaman, JR Holt, VS Meli… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Macrophages perform diverse functions within tissues during immune responses to
pathogens and injury, but molecular mechanisms by which physical properties of the tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Type I collagen deletion in αSMA+ myofibroblasts augments immune suppression and accelerates progression of pancreatic cancer

Y Chen, J Kim, S Yang, H Wang, CJ Wu, H Sugimoto… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Stromal desmoplastic reaction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) involves
significant accumulation of type I collagen (Col1). However, the precise molecular and …