Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

RC Paolicelli, A Sierra, B Stevens, ME Tremblay… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Microglial research has advanced considerably in recent decades yet has been constrained
by a rolling series of dichotomies such as" resting versus activated" and" M1 versus M2." …

A timeline of tumour-associated macrophage biology

L Cassetta, JW Pollard - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour progression is modulated by the local microenvironment. This environment is
populated by many immune cells, of which macrophages are among the most abundant …

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 …

Biology of lung macrophages in health and disease

H Aegerter, BN Lambrecht, CV Jakubzick - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Tissue-resident alveolar and interstitial macrophages and recruited macrophages are critical
players in innate immunity and maintenance of lung homeostasis. Until recently, assessing …

Inflammation in obesity, diabetes, and related disorders

TV Rohm, DT Meier, JM Olefsky, MY Donath - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Obesity leads to chronic, systemic inflammation and can lead to insulin resistance (IR), β-cell
dysfunction, and ultimately type 2 diabetes (T2D). This chronic inflammatory state …

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 …

Three tissue resident macrophage subsets coexist across organs with conserved origins and life cycles

SA Dick, A Wong, H Hamidzada, S Nejat… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Resident macrophages orchestrate homeostatic, inflammatory, and reparative activities. It is
appreciated that different tissues instruct specialized macrophage functions. However …

Tissue-resident macrophages provide a pro-tumorigenic niche to early NSCLC cells

M Casanova-Acebes, E Dalla, AM Leader, J LeBerichel… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Macrophages have a key role in sha** the tumour microenvironment (TME), tumour
immunity and response to immunotherapy, which makes them an important target for cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-tissue single-cell landscape of human monocytes and macrophages in health and disease

K Mulder, AA Patel, WT Kong, C Piot, E Halitzki… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Mononuclear phagocytes (MNPs) encompass dendritic cells, monocytes, and macrophages
(MoMac), which exhibit antimicrobial, homeostatic, and immunoregulatory functions. We …

Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia

A Badimon, HJ Strasburger, P Ayata, X Chen, A Nair… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Microglia, the brain's resident macrophages, help to regulate brain function by removing
dying neurons, pruning non-functional synapses, and producing ligands that support …