Tag: macrophage
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Dementia, a prologue to Alzheimer’s, and potential therapeutic targets
Imagine your brain as a library. Each book stacked on the shelves of this humongous, complex, intricately designed library is an individual memory. Strangely, all the books are pretty much within your reach, but then something sinister starts to happen. Slowly and gradually each book starts getting placed on the topmost shelf. You tiptoe and…
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Silica particles vs. the immune system
Let’s cover a topic that is rarely discussed in immunology – Silicosis. Have you ever imagined what happens when you breathe in silica? Silica particles cause a severe condition called silicosis. As Ganesan et al. explain that silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by the inhalation of respirable silica particles. Where can we be…
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A Way Through the Crowd: Motility of macrophages in a dense microenvironment
Macrophages – the most versatile and multipurpose cells of the immune system – scavenge away pathogens and sick cells to protect us from diseases. We have previously mentioned how macrophages also happen to be present in almost every tissue to perform this very function. Most of the immune cells continuously circulate in the blood, but in a…
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New Role of Macrophages Concerning Ischemic Injuries Discovered
Blood vessels, like roads, connect all parts of our body to the heart. Through those well enclosed walls, blood circulates to every crevice to deliver oxygen and nutrients vital for survival of tissues. The heart pumps blood into the aorta that branches out into arteries that in turn further branch into capillaries, together fulfilling the…
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