Understanding the Mysterious M2 Macrophage through Activation Markers and Effector Mechanisms

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Exosomes from M2c macrophages alleviate intervertebral disc degeneration by promoting synthesis of the extracellular matrix via MiR ‐124/ CILP / TGF ‐β

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Immunoregulatory role of platelet derivatives in the macrophage-mediated immune response

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Ninjurin1 deficiency aggravates colitis development by promoting M1 macrophage polarization and inducing microbial imbalance

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Electrospun fiber-based strategies for controlling early innate immune cell responses: Towards immunomodulatory mesh designs that facilitate robust tissue repair

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Essential Minerals and Metabolic Adaptation of Immune Cells

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase regulates macrophage polarization in metabolic and inflammatory diseases

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Advances in the regulation of macrophage polarization by the tumor microenvironment

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Redox-Sensitive Innate Immune Pathways During Macrophage Activation in Type 1 Diabetes

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Sodium valproate modulates immune response by alternative activation of monocyte-derived macrophages in systemic lupus erythematosus

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The phosphatase PPM1A controls monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation

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Roles of Macrophage Subtypes in Bowel Anastomotic Healing and Anastomotic Leakage

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The potential importance of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease

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Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) Extract Exerts an Anti-Inflammatory Action by Modulating Macrophage Phenotypes

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MicroRNAs: As Critical Regulators of Tumor- Associated Macrophages

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The Tumor Microenvironment of Primitive and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Implications for Novel Therapeutic Strategies

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Roles of the Functional Interaction between Brain Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Systems in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Schizophrenia and Parkinson’s Disease

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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dimethyl Fumarate in Microglia via an Autophagy Dependent Pathway

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Systematic Review on Tumor Microenvironment in Glial Neoplasm: From Understanding Pathogenesis to Future Therapeutic Perspectives

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Integrating single-cell RNA-Seq with spatial transcriptomics in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using multimodal intersection analysisPreprint

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Ferroptosis-dependent breast cancer cell-derived exosomes inhibit migration and invasion of breast cancer cells by suppressing M2 macrophage polarization

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Ferroptosis: Biology and Role in Gastrointestinal Disease

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Targeting Macrophages: Therapeutic Approaches in Diabetic Kidney Disease

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WNT11 Promotes immune evasion and resistance to Anti-PD-1 therapy in liver metastasis

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Therapeutic benefits of phosphodiesterase 4B inhibition after traumatic brain injury

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Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Impairs M1 Macrophage Differentiation and Contributes to CD8+ T-Cell Dysfunction

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Monocyte Based Correlates of Immune Activation and Viremia in HIV-Infected Long-Term Non-Progressors

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Targeting macrophages: a novel avenue for cancer drug discovery

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Effect of Vitamin B Complex Treatment on Macrophages to Schwann Cells Association during Neuroinflammation after Peripheral Nerve Injury

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Nanoparticles to Target and Treat Macrophages: The Ockham’s Concept?

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Adipose Tissue Immunometabolism and Apoptotic Cell Clearance

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Inhibition of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling promotes an M1 macrophage switch by repressing the ATF3-CXCL8 axis in Ewing sarcoma

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NAT10 mediated mRNA acetylation modification patterns associated with colon cancer progression and microsatellite status

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Roles of differently polarized macrophages in the initiation and progressionof pancreatic cancer

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TRAIL promotes the polarization of human macrophages toward a proinflammatory M1 phenotype and is associated with increased survival in cancer patients with high tumor macrophage content

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Exploring the polarization of M1 and M2 macrophages in the context of skin diseases

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Intrinsic and Tumor Microenvironment-Induced Metabolism Adaptations of T Cells and Impact on Their Differentiation and Function

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Differential Expression of Human Peripheral Mononuclear Cells Phenotype Markers in Type 2 Diabetic Patients and Type 2 Diabetic Patients on Metformin

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Tumor-associated macrophages: Prognostic and therapeutic targets for cancer in humans and dogs

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Key indicators of repetitive overuse-induced neuromuscular inflammation and fibrosis are prevented by manual therapy in a rat model

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Intraperitoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer: new insights on resident macrophages in the peritoneal cavity

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Aging human abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue at single cell resolution

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Cardiac macrophages in maintaining heart homeostasis and regulating ventricular remodeling of heart diseases

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Succinate in innate immunity: linking metabolic reprogramming to immune modulation

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Immune-mediated blood-brain barrier disruption after ischemic stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic targets

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iNOS in Macrophage Polarization: Pharmacological and Regulatory Insights

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Macrophage immunomodulation: An indispensable tool to evaluate the performance of wound dressing biomaterials

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Induction of Macrophage M2b/c Polarization by Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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The crosstalk between macrophages and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in bone healing

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Loss of CD73 prevents accumulation of alternatively activated macrophages and the formation of prefibrotic macrophage clusters in irradiated lungs

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Galectin-3 is essential for proper bone cell differentiation and activity, bone remodeling and biomechanical competence in mice

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Astroglial TLR9 antagonism promotes chemotaxis and alternative activation of macrophages via modulation of astrocyte-derived signals: implications for spinal cord injury

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Circulating Exosome Cargoes Contain Functionally Diverse Cancer Biomarkers: From Biogenesis and Function to Purification and Potential Translational Utility

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Role of low‐intensity pulsed ultrasound in regulating macrophage polarization to accelerate tendon–bone interface repair

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The landscape of non-coding RNAs in the immunopathogenesis of Endometriosis

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Harnessing anti-inflammatory pathways and macrophage nano delivery to treat inflammatory and fibrotic disorders

Zaid, A. K. M. A., & Ariel, A. (2024) · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.addr.2024.115204 · Cited by 35

Recent progress on developing exogenous monocyte/macrophage-based therapies for inflammatory and degenerative diseases

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MicroRNA—A Tumor Trojan Horse for Tumor-Associated Macrophages

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Plasmodium infection inhibits tumor angiogenesis through effects on tumor-associated macrophages in a murine implanted hepatoma model

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Gold Nanoparticles and Graphene Oxide Flakes Enhance Cancer Cells’ Phagocytosis through Granzyme-Perforin-Dependent Biomechanism

Al-Omar, M. S., Jabir, M. S., Karsh, E. H., Kadhim, R. J., Sulaiman, G. M., Taqi, Z. J., Khashan, K. S., Mohammed, H. A., Khan, R. A., & Mohammed, S. A. A. (2021) · Nanomaterials · doi:10.3390/nano11061382 · Cited by 34

Pharmacological Activities for Morus alba L., Focusing on the Immunostimulatory Property from the Fruit Aqueous Extract

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In Situ Formation of Au-Glycopolymer Nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering-Based Biosensing and Single-Cell Immunity

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Role of Host GPR120 in Mediating Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acid Inhibition of Prostate Cancer

Liang, P., Henning, S. M., Guan, J., Grogan, T., Elashoff, D. A., Olefsky, J. M., Cohen, P., & Aronson, W. J. (2018) · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · doi:10.1093/jnci/djy125 · Cited by 34

Immunometabolism changes in fibrosis: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

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Graphene-Based Material-Mediated Immunomodulation in Tissue Engineering and Regeneration: Mechanism and Significance

Ou, L., Tan, X., Qiao, S., Wu, J., Su, Y., Xie, W., Jin, N., He, J., Luo, R., Lai, X., et al. (2023) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c03857 · Cited by 36

Integrated metabolic-transcriptomic network identifies immunometabolic modulations in human macrophages

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Application of Biomaterials in Diabetic Wound Healing: The Recent Advances and Pathological Aspects

Han, C., Singla, R. K., & Wang, C. (2025) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics17101295 · Cited by 40

Interleukin-4 (IL-4) may regulate alternative activation of macrophage-like cells in chickens: A sequential study using novel and specific neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against chicken IL-4

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Cigarette Smoking-Mediated Macrophage Reprogramming: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Implications.

Yang, D. C. H., & Chen, C. (2018) · PubMed · Cited by 33

Epigenetic Regulation of Macrophage Marker Expression Profiles in Kawasaki Disease

Guo, M. M., Chang, L., Huang, Y., Wang, F., & Kuo, H. (2020) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2020.00129 · Cited by 33

Schistosome and intestinal helminth modulation of macrophage immunometabolism

Cortés‐Selva, D., & Fairfax, K. C. (2020) · Immunology · doi:10.1111/imm.13231 · Cited by 33

Tissue-Specific Role of Macrophages in Noninfectious Inflammatory Disorders

Skuratovskaia, D., Vulf, M. A., Хазиахматова, О. Г., Malashchenko, V. V., Komar, A., Shunkin, E. O., Shupletsova, V. V., Гончаров, А. Г., Urazova, O. I., & Litvinova, L. S. (2020) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines8100400 · Cited by 34

Let-7d inhibits intratumoral macrophage M2 polarization and subsequent tumor angiogenesis by targeting IL-13 and IL-10

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Arginase Therapy Combines Effectively with Immune Checkpoint Blockade or Agonist Anti-OX40 Immunotherapy to Control Tumor Growth

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Gene Expression Profiling in the Skin Reveals Strong Similarities between Subacute and Chronic Cutaneous Lupus that Are Distinct from Lupus Nephritis

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YAP‐induced Ccl2 expression is associated with a switch in hepatic macrophage identity and vascular remodelling in liver cancer

Thomann, S., Weiler, S. M. E., Wei, T., Sticht, C., Torre, C. D. L., Tóth, M., Rose, F., Tang, Y., Ritz, T., Ball, C. R., et al. (2021) · Liver International · doi:10.1111/liv.15048 · Cited by 35

Sulforaphane diminishes moonlighting of pyruvate kinase M2 and interleukin 1β expression in M1 (LPS) macrophages

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Role of exosomes in non-small cell lung cancer and EGFR-mutated lung cancer

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Local immune cell contributions to fracture healing in aged individuals – A novel role for interleukin 22

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Porcine Macrophage Markers and Populations: An Update

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