A 5-month-old male infant was referred to our department for evaluation of abdominal distension and failure to thrive. Clinical examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly. High cholesterol and ...

In order to produce the necessary biological effects, macrophages (M0) can be polarized into pro-inflammatory (M1) and anti-inflammatory (M2) types in response to various microenvironmental stimuli.

Macrophages exist in most tissues of the body, where they perform various functions at the same time equilibrating with other cells to maintain immune responses in numerous diseases including cancer.

kuleuven.be Intestinal resident macrophages are at the front line of host defence at the mucosal barrier within the gastrointestinal tract and have long been known to play a crucial role in the ...

These include hemorrhage, specimen atelectasis or crush artifact, pseudolipoid pneumonia, pleural fragments, blue bodies, and entrapped alveoli in the bronchial submucosa with macrophage accumulation.

Starting from the hypothesis that immune cells promptly respond to harmful stimuli, we used peripheral blood monocytes in order to characterise a distinct gene expression profile and to evaluate its ...

Monocytopenia describes a low number of monocytes, a type of white blood cell. Monocytes are made in the bone marrow and account for 2% to 6% of white blood cells at any given time. They work ...