Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

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Embryonic macrophages—specialized phagocytes of the immune system—regulate the formation of blood stem cells and therefore the lifelong production of blood cells.

Embryonic macrophages – specialized phagocytes of the immune system – influence the formation of blood stem cells and thus the lifelong production of blood cells. They play a crucial role in ...

A breakthrough in the understanding of how mammals create red blood cells could lead to opportunities for artificial blood to ...

Monocytes are a type of white blood cell that helps fight infections in your body. A high monocyte level may indicate inflammation, infection, blood disorders, and other health issues. Along with ...

Embryonic macrophages - specialized phagocytes of the immune system - influence the formation of blood stem cells in the bone marrow and thus the lifelong production of blood cells.

Background: Tumor associated macrophages are known to fuse with cancer cells in the blood through a dysfunctional CD47 phagocytic immune pathway resulting in the formation of tumor- macrophage fusion ...

Scientists at the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have discovered a previously unknown function of immune cells in the bone marrow. Embryonic macrophages – ...