Understanding the Mysterious M2 Macrophage through Activation Markers and Effector Mechanisms

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The cellular and signaling networks linking the immune system and metabolism in disease

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Embryonic and Adult-Derived Resident Cardiac Macrophages Are Maintained through Distinct Mechanisms at Steady State and during Inflammation

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Endogenous Calcitonin Gene–Related Peptide Deficiency Exacerbates Postoperative Lymphedema by Suppressing Lymphatic Capillary Formation and M2 Macrophage Accumulation

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Polarization of Macrophages, Cellular Adhesion, and Spreading on Bacterially Contaminated Gold Nanoparticle-Coatings in Vitro

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Asaronic Acid Inhibited Glucose-Triggered M2-Phenotype Shift Through Disrupting the Formation of Coordinated Signaling of IL-4Rα-Tyk2-STAT6 and GLUT1-Akt-mTOR-AMPK

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DEK Expression in Breast Cancer Cells Leads to the Alternative Activation of Tumor Associated Macrophages

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Calcitriol in the Presence of Conditioned Media from Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells Enhances Ex Vivo Polarization of M2 Alternative Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages

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Selective killing of human M1 macrophages by Smac mimetics alone and M2 macrophages by Smac mimetics and caspase inhibition

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The interplay between the airway epithelium and tissue macrophages during the SARS-CoV-2 infection

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XINA: A Workflow for the Integration of Multiplexed Proteomics Kinetics Data with Network Analysis

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Metabolic Reprograming of Macrophages: A New Direction in Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treating Liver Failure

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Endoneurial immune interplay in peripheral nerve repair: insights and implications for future therapeutic interventions

Sprenger‐Svačina, A., Svačina, M. K. R., Otlu, H. G., Gao, T., Sheikh, K. A., & Zhang, G. (2025) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2025.1602112 · Cited by 16

Macrophage Efferocytosis as a Therapeutic Strategy in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

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Circulating Tumor Cells Shed Shearosome Extracellular Vesicles in Capillary Bifurcations That Activate Endothelial and Immune Cells

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The M2 Macrophages Importance Role in Psoriasis

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Peripheral monocyte transcriptional signatures of inflammation and oxidative stress in Parkinson’s disease

Thome, A. D., Wang, J., Atassi, F., Thonhoff, J. R., Faridar, A., Zhao, W., Beers, D. R., Lai, E. C., & Appel, S. H. (2025) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2025.1571074 · Cited by 17

Generation of cryopreserved macrophages from normal and genetically engineered human pluripotent stem cells for disease modelling

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Technique integration of single-cell RNA sequencing with spatially resolved transcriptomics in the tumor microenvironment

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Tumor microenvironment and immunology of cholangiocarcinoma

Cadamuro, M., Fabris, L., Zhang, X., & Strazzabosco, M. (2022) · Hepatoma Research · doi:10.20517/2394-5079.2021.140 · Cited by 15

Immune Cells in Head-and-Neck Tumor Microenvironments

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Molecular and spatial heterogeneity of microglia in Rasmussen encephalitis

Westfall, J. J., Schwind, W. N., Sran, S., Navarro, J. B., Leonard, J. R., Pindrik, J., Pierson, C. R., Boué, D. R., Koboldt, D. C., Ostendorf, A. P., et al. (2022) · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · doi:10.1186/s40478-022-01472-y · Cited by 17

Distinct differences in immunological properties of equine orthobiologics revealed by functional and transcriptomic analysis using an activated macrophage readout system

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ZIC2 induces pro-tumor macrophage polarization in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by activating the JUNB/MCSF axis

Liu, Q., Yang, T., Zhang, Y., Hu, Z.-D., Liu, Y.-M., Luo, Y., Liu, S., Zhang, H., & Zhong, Q. (2023) · Cell Death and Disease · doi:10.1038/s41419-023-05983-x · Cited by 15

The Role of Toll-like Receptor-4 in Macrophage Imbalance in Lethal COVID-19 Lung Disease, and Its Correlation with Galectin-3

Pedicillo, M. C., Stefano, I. S. D., Zamparese, R., Barile, R., Meccariello, M., Agostinone, A., Villani, G., Colangelo, T., Serviddio, G., Cassano, T., et al. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms241713259 · Cited by 14

Surface micropatterning of 3D printed PCL scaffolds promotes osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and regulates macrophage M2 polarization

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Myeloid cells as potential targets for immunotherapy in pediatric gliomas

Frederico, S. C., Sharma, N., Darling, C., Taori, S., Dubinsky, A. C., Zhang, X., Raphael, I., & Kohanbash, G. (2024) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2024.1346493 · Cited by 14

Adoptive transfer of immunomodulatory macrophages reduces the pro-inflammatory microenvironment and increases bone formation on titanium implants

Morandini, L., Heath, T. J., Sheakley, L. S., Avery, D., Grabiec, M., Friedman, M. A., Martin, R., Boyd, J., & Olivares‐Navarrete, R. (2024) · Acta Biomaterialia · doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2024.09.011 · Cited by 17

Detrimental influence of Arginase-1 in infiltrating macrophages on poststroke functional recovery and inflammatory milieu

Kim, H. S., Jee, S. A., Einisadr, A., Seo, Y., Seo, H. G., Jang, B. S., Park, H. H., Chung, W., & Kim, B. G. (2025) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2413484122 · Cited by 18

Physiological Doses of Red Light Induce IL ‐4 Release in Cocultures between Human Keratinocytes and Immune Cells

Leong, C., Bigliardi, P. L., Sriram, G., Au, V. B., Connolly, J., & Bigliardi‐Qi, M. (2017) · Photochemistry and Photobiology · doi:10.1111/php.12817 · Cited by 15

Studies on the effects of LPS , ß‐glucan and metabolic inhibitors on the respiratory burst and gene expression in Atlantic salmon macrophages

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Myocardial infarction and the immune response - Scarring or regeneration? A comparative look at mammals and popular regenerating animal models

Dittrich, A., & Lauridsen, H. (2019) · Journal of Immunology and Regenerative Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.regen.2019.100016 · Cited by 16

Hydroethanolic stem bark extracts of Stryphnodendron adstringens impair M1 macrophages and promote M2 polarization

de Carvalho, J. T. G., Agudelo, J. S. H., Baldivia, D. D. S., Carollo, C. A., Silva, D. B., Souza, K. D. P., Câmara, N. O. S., & dos Santos, E. L. (2020) · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.112684 · Cited by 15

Pathology of IgG4-related sclerosing mastitis

Erivwo, P., & Turashvili, G. (2020) · Journal of Clinical Pathology · doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2020-207029 · Cited by 15

Role of Podoplanin-Positive Cells in Cardiac Fibrosis and Angiogenesis After Ischemia

Cimini, M., & Kishore, R. (2021) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2021.667278 · Cited by 16

Selective Induction of Cell Death in Human M1 Macrophages by Smac Mimetics Is Mediated by cIAP-2 and RIPK-1/3 through the Activation of mTORC

Ali, H., Dong, S. X. M., Gajanayaka, N., Cassol, E., Angel, J. B., & Kumar, A. (2021) · The Journal of Immunology · doi:10.4049/jimmunol.2100108 · Cited by 15

Role of Macrophage Polarization in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Mishra, P., Pandey, N., Pandey, R., & Tripathi, Y. B. (2021) · Journal of Respiration · doi:10.3390/jor1040024 · Cited by 14

Reduced M2 macrophages and adventitia collagen dampen the structural integrity of blood blister–like aneurysms and induce preoperative rerupture

Wen, D., Chen, R., Li, H., Zheng, J., Fu, W., Shi, Z., You, C., Yang, M., & Ma, L. (2021) · Cell Proliferation · doi:10.1111/cpr.13175 · Cited by 15

Role of Base Excision Repair in Innate Immune Cells and Its Relevance for Cancer Therapy

Zhao, S., Habib, S. L., Senejani, A. G., Sebastian, M. M., & Kidane, D. (2022) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines10030557 · Cited by 14

The role of exosome heterogeneity in epithelial ovarian cancer

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A 3D in vitro co-culture model for evaluating biomaterial-mediated modulation of foreign-body responses

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Asthmatic Inflammation and Airway Remodeling by Modulating Macrophages/Monocytes in the IL-13-Overexpressing Mouse Model

Mo, Y., Kim, Y., Bang, J., Jung, J., Lee, C. G., Elias, J. A., & Kang, H. (2022) · Immune Network · doi:10.4110/in.2022.22.e40 · Cited by 15

Isolation, Characterization, and Purification of Macrophages from Tissues Affected by Obesity-related Inflammation

Allen, J. N., Dey, A., Nissly, R. H., Fraser, J., Yu, S., Balandaram, G., Peters, J. M., & Hankey‐Giblin, P. (2017) · Journal of Visualized Experiments · doi:10.3791/55445 · Cited by 15

Hepatic Rac1 GTPase contributes to liver-mediated basal immune homeostasis and LPS-induced endotoxemia

Pohlmann, S., Scheu, S., Ziegler, V., Schupp, N., Henninger, C., & Fritz, G. (2018) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research · doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.06.007 · Cited by 15

Dihydroxystilbenes prevent azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium-induced colon cancer by inhibiting colon cytokines, a chemokine, and programmed cell death-1 in C57BL/6J mice

Kimura, Y., Sumiyoshi, M., Kiyoi, T., & Baba, K. (2020) · European Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173445 · Cited by 15

Tissue remodeling macrophages morphologically dominate at the interface of polypropylene surgical meshes in the human abdomen

Dievernich, A., Achenbach, P., Davies, L. C., & Klinge, U. (2020) · Hernia · doi:10.1007/s10029-020-02315-2 · Cited by 15

Differential Induction Pattern Towards Classically Activated Macrophages in Response to an Immunomodulatory Extract from Pleurotus ostreatus Mycelium

Maury, G. L., Morris, H. J., Heykers, A., Lanckacker, E. A., Cappoen, D., Delputte, P., Berghe, W. V., Salgueiro, Z., & Cos, P. (2021) · Journal of Fungi · doi:10.3390/jof7030206 · Cited by 18

A Novel Tendon Injury Model, Induced by Collagenase Administration Combined with a Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel in Rats, Reproduces the Pathogenesis of Human Degenerative Tendinopathy

Vidal, L., López-Garzón, M., Venegas, V., Vila, I., Domínguez, D. C., Rodas, G., & Marotta, M. (2024) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms25031868 · Cited by 14

Emerging therapeutics targeting tumor-associated macrophages for the treatment of solid organ cancers

Li, D., & Rudloff, U. (2025) · Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs · doi:10.1080/14728214.2025.2504376 · Cited by 15

Increased Hydrostatic Pressure Promotes Primary M1 Reaction and Secondary M2 Polarization in Macrophages

Wang, B., Kasper, M., Laffer, B., zu Hörste, G. M., Wasmuth, S., Busch, M., Jalilvand, T. V., Thanos, S., Heiligenhaus, A., Bauer, D., et al. (2020) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.573955 · Cited by 14

Osteoimmune Interactions and Therapeutic Potential of Macrophage-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles in Bone-Related Diseases

Liu, N., Dong, J., Li, L., & Liu, F. (2023) · International Journal of Nanomedicine · doi:10.2147/ijn.s403192 · Cited by 15

HER2Δ16 Engages ENPP1 to Promote an Immune-Cold Microenvironment in Breast Cancer

Attalla, S. S., Boucher, J. G., Proud, H., Taifour, T., Zuo, D., Sanguin‐Gendreau, V., Ling, C., Johnson, G., Li, V., Luo, R. B., et al. (2023) · Cancer Immunology Research · doi:10.1158/2326-6066.cir-22-0140 · Cited by 14

NOTCH4 potentiates the IL-13 induced genetic program in M2 alternative macrophages through the AP1 and IRF4–JMJD3 axis

López‐López, S., de Ávila, M. J. R., González-Gómez, M.-J., Nueda, M., Baladrón, V., Monsalve, E. M., Garcı́a-Ramı́rez, J. J., & Díaz-Guerrá, M. J. M. (2023) · International Immunology · doi:10.1093/intimm/dxad028 · Cited by 14

Immune-regulatory properties of endovascular extravillous trophoblast cells in human placenta

Ma, Y., Yu, X., Ye, S., Li, W., Yang, Q., Li, Y., Wang, Y., & Wang, Y. (2023) · Placenta · doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2023.12.009 · Cited by 14

Mapping spatial heterogeneity in gastric cancer microenvironment

Wang, B., Song, B., Li, Y., Zhao, Q., & Tan, B. (2024) · Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy · doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116317 · Cited by 15

The Role of TAMs in the Regulation of Tumor Cell Resistance to Chemotherapy

McWhorter, R., & Bonavida, B. (2024) · Critical Reviews™ in Oncogenesis · doi:10.1615/critrevoncog.2024053667 · Cited by 14

Mitochondrial metabolism regulated macrophage phenotype in myocardial infarction

Kong, Y., Zhang, Q., Wang, S., Li, R., Fu, C., & Wei, Q. (2024) · Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy · doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117494 · Cited by 14

Superior antitumor immune response achieved with proton over photon immunoradiotherapy is amplified by the nanoradioenhancer NBTXR3

Hu, Y. Y., Paris, S., Sahoo, N., Wang, Q., Wang, Q., Barsoumian, H. B., Huang, A., SILVA, J. D., Bienassis, C., Leyton, C. S. K., et al. (2024) · Journal of Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12951-024-02855-0 · Cited by 14

The Role of Macrophages in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Their Therapeutic Potential

Bannister, M. E., Chatterjee, D. A., Shetty, S., & Patten, D. A. (2024) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms252313167 · Cited by 17

Antagonism of adenosinergic system decrease SWD occurrence via an increment in thalamic NFkB and IL-6 in absence epilepsy

Dede, F., Karadenizli, S., Özsoy, Ö. D., Eraldemir, F. C., Şahin, D., & Ateş, N. (2018) · Journal of Neuroimmunology · doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.11.004 · Cited by 14

A Bioengineered In Vitro Osteoarthritis Model with Tunable Inflammatory Environments Indicates Context-Dependent Therapeutic Potential of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Díaz‐Rodríguez, P., Erndt‐Marino, J. D., Chen, H., Diaz‐Quiroz, J. F., Samavedi, S., & Hahn, M. S. (2019) · Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine · doi:10.1007/s40883-019-00109-2 · Cited by 13

Deriving a Boolean dynamics to reveal macrophage activation with in vitro temporal cytokine expression profiles

Ramirez, R., Herrera, A., Ramirez, J., Qian, C.-J., Melton, D., Shireman, P., & Jin, Y.-F. (2019) · BMC Bioinformatics · doi:10.1186/s12859-019-3304-5 · Cited by 12

RNA Immune Signatures from Pan-Cancer Analysis Are Prognostic for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer and Other Female Cancers

Jones, W. D., Michener, C. M., Biscotti, C. V., Braicu, E. I., Sehouli, J., Ganapathi, M. K., & Ganapathi, R. N. (2020) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers12030620 · Cited by 14

Tumor-Associated Macrophages—Implications for Molecular Oncology and Imaging

Kimm, M. A., Klenk, C., Alunni‐Fabbroni, M., Kästle, S., Stechele, M., Ricke, J., Eisenblätter, M., & Wildgruber, M. (2021) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines9040374 · Cited by 16

Epithelial-Macrophage Crosstalk Initiates Sterile Inflammation in Embryonic Skin

Bhattacharjee, O., Ayyangar, U., Kurbet, A. S., Lakshmanan, V., Palakodeti, D., Ginhoux, F., & Raghavan, S. (2021) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.718005 · Cited by 14

Annexin A1 upregulates hematoma resolution via the FPR2/p-ERK(1/2)/DUSP1/CD36 signaling pathway after germinal matrix hemorrhage

Flores, J. J., Ding, Y. P., Sherchan, P., Zhang, J. H., & Tang, J. (2022) · Experimental Neurology · doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.114257 · Cited by 14

Pentalinonsterol, a Constituent of Pentalinon andrieuxii, Possesses Potent Immunomodulatory Activity and Primes T Cell Immune Responses.

Oghumu, S., Varikuti, S., Saljoughian, N., Terrazas, C. A., Huntsman, A. C., Parinandi, N. L., Fuchs, J. R., Kinghorn, A. D., & Satoskar, A. R. (2017) · PubMed · doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00445 · Cited by 14

Combination Immunotherapy with Passive Antibody and Sulfasalazine Accelerates Fungal Clearance and Promotes the Resolution ofPneumocystis-Associated Immunopathogenesis

Hoy, Z., Wright, T. W., Elliott, M. R., Malone, J. E., Bhagwat, S. P., Wang, J., & Gigliotti, F. (2019) · Infection and Immunity · doi:10.1128/iai.00640-19 · Cited by 14

Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) Modulate the Inflammatory Character of Alveolar Macrophages from Sarcoidosis Patients

MCCLAIN-CALDWELL, I., Hogden, C. T., Németh, K., Boyajian, M., Krepuska, M., Szombath, G., MacDonald, S. D., Abshari, M., Moss, J., Vitale-Cross, L. A., et al. (2020) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm9010278 · Cited by 14

Glomerular Macrophages in Human Auto- and Allo-Immune Nephritis

Moll, S., Angeletti, A., Scapozza, L., Cavalli, A., Ghiggeri, G. M., & Prunotto, M. (2021) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells10030603 · Cited by 16

Essentially all models are wrong, but some are useful

Simard, J. M. (2015) · Neurology · doi:10.1212/wnl.0000000000001769 · Cited by 13

Uncovering the Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Macrophage Polarization Through Comparative Analysis of Bulk and Single-Cell DataPreprint

Carvalho, K., Rebboah, E., Jansen, C. S., Williams, K., Dowey, A., McGill, C. J., & Mortazavi, A. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.01.20.427499 · Cited by 18

Impact of exercise on immune cell infiltration in muscle tissue: implications for muscle repair and chronic disease

Su, Y., & Su, Z. (2025) · Clinical and Experimental Medicine · doi:10.1007/s10238-025-01852-3 · Cited by 13

Single‐Cell Insights Into Macrophage Subtypes in Pulmonary Infections

Lin, Z., Zheng, Y., Zhong, Y., & Wang, H. (2026) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202510758 · Cited by 13

Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells stimulated macrophages-endothelial cells interactions promote effective ischemic muscle neovascularization

Czapla, J., Cichoń, T., Pilny, E., Jarosz–Biej, M., Matuszczak, S., Drzyzga, A., Krakowczyk, Ł., & Smolarczyk, R. (2020) · European Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173354 · Cited by 13

Immunohistochemical Characterization of Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Canine Lymphomas

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