A high monocyte count, referred to as monocytosis, occurs when the body is subject to acute or chronic inflammation caused by things like infections, trauma, medications, autoimmune diseases, and ...

Many studies show that monocytes are probably partly, at least, responsible for the overactive immune response with suppressed T cell activation that is behind the severe lung damage and multi-organ ...

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that the presence of relatively high numbers of immune cells known as monocytes in tumors is linked to better outcomes in esophageal cancer patients ...

The pathophysiology of myocardial infarction (MI) is characterized by vascular inflammation, plaque rupture, thrombosis and coronary artery occlusion, resulting in myocardial necrosis 1. Monocytes and ...

Overwhelming neutrophilic inflammation is a leading cause of lung damage in many pulmonary diseases, including cystic fibrosis (CF). The heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)/carbon monoxide (CO) pathway mediates ...

Aftermath (part of the “Fires of War” collection) by Susan Crile. Inflammation is a key feature of SARS-CoV-2 infection, both during the acute phase of Covid-19 and also as a contributor to post-acute ...

In recent decades, immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment, offering effective options for diseases once considered uncurable, such as melanoma, lung, and bladder cancers. What began as ...

Brain macrophages serve diversified niches in the brain to maintain the organ’s homeostasis, and can play pathogenic roles in age-related brain disease. Hoping to one day replace dysfunctional ...

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), also known as bone marrow transplantation, is a critical treatment for blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, as well as certain genetic and ...