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Magnetic Field Changes Macrophage Phenotype.
Biophysical journal - 24 Apr 2018
Wosik Jarek, Chen Wei, Qin Kuang, Ghobrial Rafik M, Kubiak Jacek Z, Kloc Malgorzata
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages play a crucial role in homeostasis, regeneration, and innate and adaptive immune responses. Functionally different macrophages have different shapes and molecular phenotypes that depend on the actin cytoskeleton, which is regulated by the small GTPase RhoA. The naive M0 macrophages are slightly elongated, proinflammatory M1 are round, and M2 antiinflammatory macrophages are elongated. We have recently...
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