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 this narrative and critical review, we aim to see the potential use of immune cells modulation or cell therapy as therapeutic alternatives to OA patients. Macrophages are immune cells that are ...

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.

PPAR-γ is prominently expressed in activated monocytes and tissue macrophages in vivo, including the foam cells of atherosclerotic lesions 6,7. Multiple functions have been proposed for PPAR-γ ...

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 ...

1Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P ...

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 ...

Vacuolated cartilage in mammals represents convergent evolution with the notochord, which has cells containing giant aqueous vacuoles. Developing cartilage grows vacuoles by a tightly controlled ...