On Thursday, Feb. 19, Ali May, an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented her research ...

In a study that builds on earlier research that identified macrophages as essential to regeneration in the axolotl, a highly regenerative salamander, a scientist has identified the source of these ...

The understanding of how macrophages regulate their response to toxic particles via two independent pathways could uncover therapeutic opportunities to quell inflammation BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Human ...

An innovative combination of methods to identify and study how macrophages function could potentially revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Macrophages play a critical role in ...

We investigated the glioblastoma glycocalyx as a tumor-intrinsic immune suppressor. We detected increased expression of both tumor-associated truncated O-linked glycans and their receptor, macrophage ...

More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. The heart muscle is then no longer supplied with ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease characterized by nerve damage and consequent impairments in vision, movement, balance and mental function. In MS, the immune system mistakenly ...

Visceral fat is the fat stored deep in the abdomen around internal organs. It is strongly linked to inflammation and to higher risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Inflammation in fat ...

Approximately 9.5 million people globally live with Type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease where T cells from the body’s immune system destroy insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, which are ...