Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment

Z Zhang, X Liu, D Chen, J Yu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is delivered for purposes of local control, but can also exert systemic
effect on remote and non-irradiated tumor deposits, which is called abscopal effect. The view …

More than just attractive: how CCL2 influences myeloid cell behavior beyond chemotaxis

M Gschwandtner, R Derler, KS Midwood - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1/CCL2) is renowned for its ability to drive the
chemotaxis of myeloid and lymphoid cells. It orchestrates the migration of these cell types …

Microanatomy of the human atherosclerotic plaque by single-cell transcriptomics

MAC Depuydt, KHM Prange, L Slenders, T Örd… - Circulation …, 2020 - ahajournals.org
Rationale: Atherosclerotic lesions are known for their cellular heterogeneity, yet the
molecular complexity within the cells of human plaques has not been fully assessed …

TLR signaling adapter BCAP regulates inflammatory to reparatory macrophage transition by promoting histone lactylation

RA Irizarry-Caro, MM McDaniel, GR Overcast… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Macrophages respond to microbial ligands and various noxious cues by initiating an
inflammatory response aimed at eliminating the original pathogenic insult. Transition of …

Adipocyte-secreted exosomal microRNA-34a inhibits M2 macrophage polarization to promote obesity-induced adipose inflammation

Y Pan, X Hui, RLC Hoo, D Ye, CYC Chan, T Feng… - The journal of clinical …, 2019 - jci.org
Persistent, unresolved inflammation in adipose tissue is a major contributor to obesity-
associated metabolic complications. However, the molecular links between lipid-overloaded …

Aging disrupts circadian gene regulation and function in macrophages

E Blacher, C Tsai, L Litichevskiy, Z Shipony… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aging is characterized by an increased vulnerability to infection and the development of
inflammatory diseases, such as atherosclerosis, frailty, cancer and neurodegeneration …

Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of macrophages in atherosclerosis

T Kuznetsova, KHM Prange, CK Glass… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Monocytes and macrophages provide defence against pathogens and danger signals.
These cells respond to stimulation in a fast and stimulus-specific manner by utilizing …

Alternatively activated macrophages; a double-edged sword in allergic asthma

MH Abdelaziz, SF Abdelwahab, J Wan, W Cai… - Journal of translational …, 2020 - Springer
Background Macrophages are heterogenous phagocytic cells with an important role in the
innate immunity. They are, also, significant contributors in the adaptive immune system …

The reactive oxygen species in macrophage polarization: reflecting its dual role in progression and treatment of human diseases

HY Tan, N Wang, S Li, M Hong… - … medicine and cellular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
High heterogeneity of macrophage is associated with its functions in polarization to different
functional phenotypes depending on environmental cues. Macrophages remain in balanced …

Single cell analysis of M. tuberculosis phenotype and macrophage lineages in the infected lung

D Pisu, L Huang, V Narang, M Theriault… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
In this study, we detail a novel approach that combines bacterial fitness fluorescent reporter
strains with scRNA-seq to simultaneously acquire the host transcriptome, surface marker …