Damage-mediated macrophage polarization in sterile inflammation

G Koncz, V Jenei, M Tóth, E Váradi, B Kardos… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Most of the leading causes of death, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, dementia,
neurodegenerative diseases, and many more, are associated with sterile inflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage states: there's a method in the madness

G Katkar, P Ghosh - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Single-cell approaches have shone a spotlight on discrete context-specific tissue
macrophage states, deconstructed to their most minute details. Machine-learning (ML) …

Co-delivery of azithromycin and ibuprofen by ROS-responsive polymer nanoparticles synergistically attenuates the acute lung injury

W Muhammad, Y Zhang, J Zhu, J **e, S Wang… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection causes lung inflammation and recruitment of several inflammatory factors
that may result in acute lung injury (ALI). During bacterial infection, reactive oxygen species …

Evidence of collective influence in innate sensing using fluidic force microscopy

EJ Mulder, B Moser, J Delgado, RC Steinhardt… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The innate immune system initiates early response to infection by sensing molecular
patterns of infection through pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs). Previous work on PRR …

Uncoding the interdependency of tumor microenvironment and macrophage polarization: insights from a continuous network approach

U Avila-Ponce de León, A Vázquez-Jiménez… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The balance between pro-and anti-inflammatory immune system responses is crucial to
preventing complex diseases like cancer. Macrophages are essential immune cells that …

Innate Immune Memory is Stimulus Specific

A O'Farrell, Z Niu, J Li, LC Van Eyndhoven, K Sarma… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Innate immune memory (also termed trained immunity) is defined in part by its ability to cross-
protect against heterologous pathogens, and can be generated by many different stimuli …

The macrophage–bacterium mismatch in persister formation

I Dadole, D Blaha, N Personnic - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Many pathogens are hard to eradicate, even in the absence of genetically detectable
antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and despite proven antibiotic susceptibility. The …