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The phenotype of peritoneal mouse macrophages depends on the mitochondria and ATP/ADP homeostasis.
Cellular immunology - 1 Feb 2018
Chen Wei, Sandoval Hector, Kubiak Jacek Z, Li Xian C, Ghobrial Rafik M, Kloc Malgorzata
Abstract excerpt
Different macrophage subtypes have different morphologies/shapes and functions. Naïve M0 macrophages are elongated. Pro-inflammatory M1 that produce the bactericidal molecule iNos are round. Anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages that produce the pro-healing enzyme Arg-1 are highly elongated. We showed previously that the morphologies of M0 and M2 but not M1 macrophages are RhoA-dependent. Macrophage-specific deletion...
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