Macrophage plasticity, polarization, and function in health and disease

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 233, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 6425-6440

  Shapouri Moghaddam, Abbas ^a   Mohammadian, Saeed ^b   Vazini, Hossein ^c   Taghadosi, Mahdi ^d   Esmaeili, Seyed Alireza ^b   Mardani, Fatemeh ^b   Seifi, Bita ^e   Mohammadi, Asadollah ^f   Afshari, Jalil T ^a   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^f,g  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

inflammation; macrophage; plasticity; polarization; tissue repair

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MICRORNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FIBROSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MYCOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85044125236     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26429     Document Type: Review

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