Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

Physiology and diseases of tissue-resident macrophages

T Lazarov, S Juarez-Carreño, N Cox, F Geissmann - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Embryo-derived tissue-resident macrophages are the first representatives of the
haematopoietic lineage to emerge in metazoans. In mammals, resident macrophages …

Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches

T Masuda, L Amann, G Monaco, R Sankowski… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS)—including
parenchymal microglia, as well as CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs) such as …

Integrated single-cell analysis-based classification of vascular mononuclear phagocytes in mouse and human atherosclerosis

A Zernecke, F Erhard, T Weinberger… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Accumulation of mononuclear phagocytes [monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic
cells (DCs)] in the vessel wall is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. Using integrated single-cell …

Microglia and monocytes in inflammatory CNS disease: integrating phenotype and function

AG Spiteri, CL Wishart, R Pamphlett, G Locatelli… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
In neurological diseases, the actions of microglia, the resident myeloid cells of the CNS
parenchyma, may diverge from, or intersect with, those of recruited monocytes to drive …

Meta-analysis of leukocyte diversity in atherosclerotic mouse aortas

A Zernecke, H Winkels, C Cochain… - Circulation …, 2020 - ahajournals.org
The diverse leukocyte infiltrate in atherosclerotic mouse aortas was recently analyzed in 9
single-cell RNA sequencing and 2 mass cytometry studies. In a comprehensive meta …

CD276-dependent efferocytosis by tumor-associated macrophages promotes immune evasion in bladder cancer

M Cheng, S Chen, K Li, G Wang, G **ong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Interplay between innate and adaptive immune cells is important for the antitumor immune
response. However, the tumor microenvironment may turn immune suppressive, and tumor …

Origins, biology, and diseases of tissue macrophages

N Cox, M Pokrovskii, R Vicario… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Tissue-resident macrophages are present in most tissues with developmental, self-renewal,
or functional attributes that do not easily fit into a textbook picture of a plastic and …

Microglial/Macrophage polarization and function in brain injury and repair after stroke

J Lyu, D **e, TN Bhatia, RK Leak… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality, with limited treatment options. After
stroke injury, microglia and CNS‐resident macrophages are rapidly activated and regulate …

A new genetic strategy for targeting microglia in development and disease

GL McKinsey, CO Lizama, AE Keown-Lang, A Niu… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
As the resident macrophages of the brain and spinal cord, microglia are crucial for the
phagocytosis of infectious agents, apoptotic cells and synapses. During brain injury or …