Metabolism as a key aspect of macrophage polarization, however, is an intriguing area within macrophage biology that has only started to develop more recently. Although we are still very much in the ...

Adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) plays a critical role in immune regulation, particularly in monocyte differentiation and ...

Macrophages are immune cells with a split personality: some fight tumors, while others help them grow. In breast cancer, most ...

This is a useful study in the role of CHI3L1 in Kupffer cells, the macrophages of the liver, showing that CHI3L1 alters glucose regulation in obesity. Specifically, Chi3l1 protects glucose-dependent ...

In a surprising twist on cellular metabolism, scientists have uncovered a noncanonical role of the metabolic enzymePHGDH in ...

a, Flow cytometric analysis of monocyte-macrophages. Monocyte-macrophages incubated in medium containing 100 (blue), 200 (red) or 600 (yellow) mg/dl glucose for 5 d were examined for CD36 and for ...

A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus shows that primary care clinics can successfully help patients start using continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), which track blood ...

Key takeaways: The prevalence of all pregnancy and neonatal outcomes was similar with CGM vs. self-monitoring blood glucose. Most women said they would have preferred to use CGM in the trial. Use ...

Brain macrophages serve diversified niches in the brain to maintain the organ’s homeostasis, and can play pathogenic roles in age-related brain disease. Hoping to one day replace dysfunctional ...

Continuous glucose monitors are only about the size of a quarter, but the companies that sell them make huge claims about their health benefits: You can " revolutionize your health," one company says.

Increased number of islet macrophages in type 2 diabetic islets. Increased islet-associated macrophages in human type 2 diabetic islets (A and B) and the high-fat–fed C57BL/6J mouse (C and E). A ...

Foam cells are a type of macrophage that localize to fatty deposits on blood vessel walls, where they ingest low-density lipoproteins and become laden with lipids, giving them a foamy appearance ...