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Cardiac Homing Peptide-Functionalized Polymeric Nanoparticles Suppressing SHP1 Alleviate Acute Myocardial Infarction Injury by Promoting Efferocytosis and Inhibiting Inflammation

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Efferocytosis in Health and Disease

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L-Kynurenine regulates immune response in ICIs-associated myocarditis via JAK/STAT pathway

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Metabolic reprogramming of efferocytosis in the tumour microenvironment: From apoptotic‐cell clearance to therapeutic targeting

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More Than a Cleanup Crew: The Expanding Biology of Efferocytosis

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The role of efferocytosis in inflammatory bowel disease

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Anti-Atherogenic Mechanisms and Therapies

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Extracorporeal Photopheresis Stimulates Tissue Repair after Transplantation

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AMPK activation mitigates inflammatory pain by modulating STAT3 phosphorylation in inflamed tissue macrophages of adult male mice

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Efferocytosis‐Driven Polyamine Metabolism in Macrophages Enhances Cancer Stem Cell Enrichment after Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer

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Aggressive cholesterol lowering normalizes atherosclerosis regression in Jak2V617F mice

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Direct immunomodulatory effects of DSPC:DSPG:CHOL liposomes on murine dendritic cells

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The systemic inflammation response index as risks factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among individuals with respiratory sarcopenia

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Interleukin-18 Inhibition Aggravates Atherosclerosis in Jak2 Clonal Hematopoiesis

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Metabolites in the extracellular tumor microenvironment and the shaping of macrophage function

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Restoring immune homeostasis in atherosclerotic plaques via inorganic violet phosphorus nano-immunotherapy

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RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line as a metabolomic model for analyzing and understanding inflammation processes

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Glutaminolysis impairment and immunometabolic dysregulation in U937 cells: Key mechanisms in occupational and environmental skin exposure to UV and benzo[a]pyrene

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Baoganning decoction mitigates liver fibrosis via regulating IDO1-mediated macrophage efferocytosis

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Modulation of immune cells and metabolic reprogramming in efferocytosis

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Amino acid and cholesterol metabolism in innate immunity

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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor promotes the resolution of pulmonary neutrophilia via regulation of macrophage efferocytosis

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Temporal metabolic reprogramming in DSS-induced colitis identifies purine metabolism and trigonelline as novel therapeutic targets

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PPAR subtypes determine distinct modes of action of phthalate esters (PAEs) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in disrupting human macrophage alternative activation

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Ginsenoside Rg1 alleviates post-ischemic stroke neuroinflammation by inhibiting CKLF1-mediated suppression of dead/dying neuron clearance

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Efferocytosis as a Metabolic Rheostat: The Metabolic Bridge connecting TKI-induced cell death to immune tolerance in hepatocellular carcinoma

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Metabolic Perspective on Atherosclerosis: Macrophage Reprogramming and Novel Therapeutic Targets

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Efferocytosis induces proangiogenic function and chromatin remodeling in tumor-associated macrophages

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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 mediated macrophage oxidative phosphorylation impairment drives pro-inflammatory M1 polarization aggravates acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury

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Bioelectric signals promote diabetic bone regeneration through Piezo1-mediated activation of the efferocytic immune microenvironment

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PRAS40-driven pro-inflammatory macrophage polarization is required for inflammatory bowel disease

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Ferroptosis-driven immune remodeling in heart failure: the central role of macrophage reprogramming and impaired efferocytosis

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Defective efferocytosis in diabetes: molecular mechanisms and emerging therapeutic strategies

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Immunometabolic control of macrophage plasticity in wound healing: mechanistic insights and therapeutic opportunities

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Macrophages and the Tissue Repair Circuit: Homeostasis, Autoimmune Diseases, and Resolution-Based Therapeutic Strategies

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Kynurenine and NAD+ Pathways are Associated with Macrophage Content and Polarization in Carotid PlaquesPreprint

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Apoptotic clearance by stem cells: molecular mechanisms for recognition and phagocytosis of dead cells

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IL-18 inhibition enlarges lesions, necrotic cores and thickens fibrous caps in Jak2 V617F clonal hematopoiesis-driven atherosclerosisPreprint

Tavallaie, M. S., Hsu, C.-C., Hardaway, B. D., Dou, H., Fidler, T. P., Kim, E., Abramowicz, S., Ngai, D., Xiao, T., Wang, N., et al. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.06.03.657754

FNDC5/irisin-loaded apoptotic nanovesicles encapsulated in photo-crosslinkable PRF-GEL accelerate diabetic wound healing by promoting efferocytosis

Qiu, L., Dang, J., Qiao, J., Zhang, X., Yi, C., & Zhang, X. (2025) · Materials & Design · doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114768

Hyperprogressive disease in carcinoma induced by immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: a systematic review

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Tryptophan depletion generates hyper-reactive portal neutrophils in alcoholic liver disease

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Bon appétit, your phagocyte

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Transient efferocytosis-induced activation of IKKβ reprograms macrophages to promote tissue resolution in mice

Ngai, D., Chowdhury, S., Sukka, S. R., Kuriakose, G., Havens, B. T., Yalçınkaya, M., Frey, J. M., Doviak, H., Bradford, J. W., Dorweiler, B., et al. (2026) · Nature Communications · doi:10.64898/2026.04.27.720940

Early-apoptotic membrane engineering of M2 macrophage-derived nanovesicles enables osteoimmunomodulatory bone repair

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Mechanistic elucidation of Panax ginseng in improving atherosclerosis via multidimensional artificial intelligence computing coupled with experimental validation

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Drugging the efferocytosis process for treating hepatic fibrosis: dual roles, mechanisms, and therapeutics

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Nano-pathogenoids hitchhike activated neutrophils for eliminating of atherosclerosis plaques

Liu, M., Liu, S., Yang, H., Sun, Y., Zhao, G., Xiu, J., Zhang, J., & Zhao, X. (2026) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124524

An ApoE-Associated Low-Inflammatory Microglial State Emerges After Inflammatory Challenge in Alzheimer's Disease Mice.

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Atherosclerosis resolution: strategies to remodel and resolve plaques.

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Vitexin antagonizes the kynurenine pathway via AhR inhibition to reprogram tumor-associated macrophages and enhance antitumor immunity in lung adenocarcinoma

Tan, R., Wu, A., Liu, L., Gu, W., Yang, C., Ye, H., & Xu, Y. (2026) · Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry · doi:10.1007/s11010-026-05695-8

Remodeling the tumor immune microenvironment: mechanisms of crosstalk between regulated cell death macrophages

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Solute Carrier Family 1 Member 5 (SLC1A5)-dependent glutamine transport regulates macrophage senescence and efferocytosis during liver regeneration

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Advances in the role of specialized pro-resolving mediators in periodontitis

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Impaired Glycolysis Leads to Defective Efferocytosis and Impaired Plaque Resolution in Tet2 Clonal Hematopoiesis

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Compensatory pathways in tryptophan metabolism and immune regulation following IDO inhibition

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Gut microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites in cardiovascular disease: mechanisms, biomarkers, and precision interventions

Ding, Q., Li, S., Guo, M., Pu, J., Wei, J., & Chen, W. (2026) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2026.1947695

Dysregulated Resolution of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities

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Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and metabolic transformation of Flonicamid in rats: Insights from radiotracing, metabolite profiling and multi-scale analysis

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Macrophages in rotator cuff injuries and tendon-to-bone healing: Heterogeneity, pathophysiology, and therapeutic strategies

Ma, T., Wang, Z., Gao, X., Wang, X., Xu, J., Wang, W., Luo, P., & Shi, Y. (2026) · International Immunopharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117521

Metabolic stress and macrophage efferocytosis in osteoarthritis: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

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Efferocytosis Remodels Osteoclast Metabolism and Enhances Antibacterial DefensePreprint

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Novel Mechanometabolic Signaling Cascade Linking Efferocytosis to Inflammation Resolution

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Drp1 deficiency enhances macrophage efferocytosis and partially restores gut microbial dysbiosis in colitisPreprint

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Macrophage biology and immunoregulation in health and disease

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The role of efferocytosis‐fueled macrophage metabolism in the resolution of inflammation

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Abstract Fri097: Proteasomal Regulation of an Amino Acid Transporter in Macrophages Enables an Efferocytosis-Induced Resolution Pathway Relevant to Atherosclerotic Plaque Stabilization

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