The many faces of macrophage activation

NITRIC OXIDE AND MACROPHAGE FUNCTION

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M-1/M-2 Macrophages and the Th1/Th2 Paradigm

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Interleukin 4 potently enhances murine macrophage mannose receptor activity: A marker of alternative immunologic macrophage activation

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Phosphatidylserine-dependent ingestion of apoptotic cells promotes TGF-β1 secretion and the resolution of inflammation

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Other Functions, Other Genes

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Reprogramming of the Macrophage Transcriptome in Response to Interferon-γ and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Influence of alternatively and classically activated macrophages on fibrogenic activities of human fibroblasts

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Exploring the full spectrum of macrophage activation

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NF-κB signaling in inflammation

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The chemokine system in diverse forms of macrophage activation and polarization

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Monocyte and macrophage heterogeneity

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Foreign body reaction to biomaterials

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Macrophage activation and polarization

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Alternative Activation of Macrophages: An Immunologic Functional Perspective

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Transcriptional Profiling of the Human Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation and Polarization: New Molecules and Patterns of Gene Expression

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Transition from inflammation to proliferation: a critical step during wound healing

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Molecular Mechanisms That Influence the Macrophage M1–M2 Polarization Balance

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Epidemiology of and Diagnostic Strategies for Toxoplasmosis

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Inflammation and wound healing: the role of the macrophage

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The Isolation and Characterization of Murine Macrophages

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Tumour-associated macrophages are a distinct M2 polarised population promoting tumour progression: Potential targets of anti-cancer therapy

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Repertoire of microglial and macrophage responses after spinal cord injury

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Immune responses to implants – a review of the implications for the design of immunomodulatory biomaterials

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THP-1 cell line: An in vitro cell model for immune modulation approach

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Oxidative metabolism and PGC-1β attenuate macrophage-mediated inflammation

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Macrophage Polarization in Bacterial Infections

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The inflammatory micro-environment in tumor progression: the role of tumor-associated macrophages.

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Adenosine 5′-triphosphate and adenosine as endogenous signaling molecules in immunity and inflammation

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Human IL-23-producing type 1 macrophages promote but IL-10-producing type 2 macrophages subvert immunity to (myco)bacteria

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Macrophages sequentially change their functional phenotype in response to changes in microenvironmental influences

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Macrophage polarization: an opportunity for improved outcomes in biomaterials and regenerative medicine

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Protective immune mechanisms in helminth infection

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Macrophage phenotype and remodeling outcomes in response to biologic scaffolds with and without a cellular component

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Role of tumor-associated macrophages in tumor progression and invasion

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Heterogeneity of Microglial Activation in the Innate Immune Response in the Brain

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CD4 + CD25 + Foxp3 + regulatory T cells induce alternative activation of human monocytes/macrophages

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Immune response to biologic scaffold materials

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Biomaterial based modulation of macrophage polarization: a review and suggested design principles

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Macrophages in skin injury and repair

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Circular RNA and its mechanisms in disease: From the bench to the clinic

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Mesenchymal stem cell–educated macrophages: A novel type of alternatively activated macrophages

Kim, J., & Hematti, P. (2009) · Experimental Hematology · doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2009.09.004 · Cited by 785

Macrophage phenotype as a predictor of constructive remodeling following the implantation of biologically derived surgical mesh materials

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Functional plasticity of macrophages: reversible adaptation to changing microenvironments

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Macrophage Phenotype as a Determinant of Biologic Scaffold Remodeling

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Macrophage diversity in renal injury and repair

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An animal model of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): CD8+ T cells and interferon gamma are essential for the disorder

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Mechanisms of insulin resistance in obesity

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Medical biofilms

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Glial reactions in Parkinson's disease

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Macrophages, Foreign Body Giant Cells and Their Response to Implantable Biomaterials

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A distinct and unique transcriptional program expressed by tumor-associated macrophages (defective NF- B and enhanced IRF-3/STAT1 activation)

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Possible involvement of the M2 anti‐inflammatory macrophage phenotype in growth of human gliomas

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Macrophage phenotypes in atherosclerosis

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Macrophage phenotypes during tissue repair

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Inflammation and its role in age-related macular degeneration

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Macrophage subsets in atherosclerosis

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High and low molecular weight hyaluronic acid differentially influence macrophage activation

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Macrophages in bone fracture healing: Their essential role in endochondral ossification

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Macrophage activation by endogenous danger signals

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Unique CD14+ intestinal macrophages contribute to the pathogenesis of Crohn disease via IL-23/IFN-γ axis

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NF‐κB signaling in inflammation and cancer

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Phenotypic, Functional, and Plasticity Features of Classical and Alternatively Activated Human Macrophages

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Microglial cell dysregulation in brain aging and neurodegeneration

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The mannose receptor

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Tumour immunity: effector response to tumour and role of the microenvironment

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Inflammation and the Degenerative Diseases of Aging

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Engineering Immunomodulatory Biomaterials To Tune the Inflammatory Response

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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (CSF) and Macrophage CSF-Dependent Macrophage Phenotypes Display Differences in Cytokine Profiles and Transcription Factor Activities: Implications for CSF Blockade in Inflammation

Fleetwood, A. J., Lawrence, T., Hamilton, J. A., & Cook, A. D. (2007) · The Journal of Immunology · doi:10.4049/jimmunol.178.8.5245 · Cited by 607

Shifts in macrophage phenotypes and macrophage competition for arginine metabolism affect the severity of muscle pathology in muscular dystrophy

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Wallerian degeneration: the innate-immune response to traumatic nerve injury

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PKM2 regulates the Warburg effect and promotes HMGB1 release in sepsis

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Identification of Markers that Distinguish Monocyte-Derived Fibrocytes from Monocytes, Macrophages, and Fibroblasts

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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: from clinicopathology to genetics and advanced therapies

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Control of Macrophage Activation and Function by PPARs

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Macrophages in inflammatory multiple sclerosis lesions have an intermediate activation status

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The Staphylococcal Biofilm: Adhesins, Regulation, and Host Response

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Identification of the receptor scavenging hemopexin-heme complexes

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The role of adipose tissue immune cells in obesity and low-grade inflammation

Mraz, M., & Haluzik, M. (2014) · Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1530/joe-14-0283 · Cited by 543

Anatomy of a Discovery: M1 and M2 Macrophages

Mills, C. D. (2015) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2015.00212 · Cited by 449

4-Octyl itaconate inhibits aerobic glycolysis by targeting GAPDH to exert anti-inflammatory effects

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Gut Microbiota and Inflammation

Håkansson, Å., & Molin, G. (2011) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu3060637 · Cited by 477

CD163: a regulated hemoglobin scavenger receptor with a role in the anti‐inflammatory response

Moestrup, S. K., & Møller, H. J. (2004) · Annals of Medicine · doi:10.1080/07853890410033171 · Cited by 444

Microglial phenotype: is the commitment reversible?

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Estrogens, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration

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Macrophage Diversity and Polarization in Atherosclerosis: A Question of Balance

Mantovani, A., Garlanda, C., & Locati, M. (2009) · Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology · doi:10.1161/atvbaha.108.180497 · Cited by 426

Porous Implants Modulate Healing and Induce Shifts in Local Macrophage Polarization in the Foreign Body Reaction

Sussman, E. M., Halpin, M. C., Muster, J., Moon, R. T., & Ratner, B. D. (2014) · Annals of Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1007/s10439-013-0933-0 · Cited by 416

Systematic validation of specific phenotypic markers for in vitro polarized human macrophages

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TGFβ signaling plays a critical role in promoting alternative macrophage activation

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Microglial cell activation and proliferation precedes the onset of CNS autoimmunity

Ponomarev, E. D., Shriver, L. P., Maresz, K., & Dittel, B. N. (2005) · Journal of Neuroscience Research · doi:10.1002/jnr.20488 · Cited by 420

Intrinsic antibody-dependent enhancement of microbial infection in macrophages: disease regulation by immune complexes

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Multipotent stromal cells induce human regulatory T cells through a novel pathway involving skewing of monocytes toward anti-inflammatory macrophages

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Glucocorticoids induce differentiation of a specifically activated, anti-inflammatory subtype of human monocytes

Ehrchen, J. M., Steinmüller, L., Barczyk, K., Tenbrock, K., Nacken, W. K. F., Eisenacher, M., Nordhues, U., Sorg, C., Sunderkötter, C. H., & Roth, J. (2006) · Blood · doi:10.1182/blood-2006-02-001115 · Cited by 407

Human Mesenchymal stem cells program macrophage plasticity by altering their metabolic status via a PGE2-dependent mechanism

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Tailoring Materials for Modulation of Macrophage Fate

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Characterization of the microglial phenotype under specific pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory conditions: Effects of oligomeric and fibrillar amyloid-β

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M1 and M2 Macrophages: The Chicken and the Egg of Immunity

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Pathogenesis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome and Potential for Cytokine- Directed Therapies

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Expression profiles for macrophage alternative activation genes in AD and in mouse models of AD.

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Microglia and Inflammation in Alzheimers Disease

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The Adenosine-Dependent Angiogenic Switch of Macrophages to an M2-Like Phenotype is Independent of Interleukin-4 Receptor Alpha (IL-4Rα) Signaling

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