Atherosclerosis is a disease of the large arteries that is the major cause of heart disease. It is characterized by the accumulation of cholesteryl esters, macrophages, and fibrous elements in the ...

Macrophages differentiate into foam cells during the formation and progression of atherosclerosis. Understanding the process of this change during the progression of atherosclerotic plaques will ...

Macrophages are large, specialized cells in the immune system that recognize, engulf and destroy infecting or damaged cells.

Two glioblastoma patients treated with Temferon have lived 3 years post-surgery; one had no progression, the other stabilized ...

Cardiac macrophages and the MerTK pathway present new opportunities for improving heart homeostasis to keep the engine running cleanly.

Embryonic macrophages - specialized phagocytes of the immune system - influence the formation of blood stem cells in the bone marrow and thus the lifelong production of blood cells.

The term "macrophage" conjures images of a hungry white blood cell gobbling invading bacteria. However, macrophages do much more than that: Not only do they act as antimicrobial warriors, they ...

Richard Staines spoke with Soren Bregenholt, the new CEO of Macrophage Pharma, about the company’s strategy encompassing both immune oncology and inflammatory diseases. In healthy tissues ...

When you get a tattoo, your body mounts a battle against the ink. So how do ankle flowers and bicep hearts stick around so long? Researchers took a look at specialized cells that gobble up the ink.

How Mycobacterium tuberculosis escapes death in macrophages The mechanism the tuberculosis pathogen uses in its escape suggests possible therapies to improve patient outcomes Date: July 10, 2018 ...