Biophysical regulation of macrophages in health and disease

©2019 Society for Leukocyte Biology..

Macrophages perform critical functions for homeostasis and immune defense in tissues throughout the body. These innate immune cells are capable of recognizing and clearing dead cells and pathogens, and orchestrating inflammatory and healing processes that occur in response to injury. In addition, macrophages are involved in the progression of many inflammatory diseases including cardiovascular disease, fibrosis, and cancer. Although it has long been known that macrophages respond dynamically to biochemical signals in their microenvironment, the role of biophysical cues has only recently emerged. Furthermore, many diseases that involve macrophages are also characterized by changes to the tissue biophysical environment. This review will discuss current knowledge about the effects of biophysical cues including matrix stiffness, material topography, and applied mechanical forces, on macrophage behavior. We will also describe the role of molecules that are known to be important for mechanotransduction, including adhesion molecules, ion channels, as well as nuclear mediators such as transcription factors, scaffolding proteins, and epigenetic regulators. Together, this review will illustrate a developing role of biophysical cues in macrophage biology, and also speculate upon molecular targets that may potentially be exploited therapeutically to treat disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Enthalten in:

Journal of leukocyte biology - 106(2019), 2 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 283-299

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meli, Vijaykumar S [VerfasserIn]
Veerasubramanian, Praveen K [VerfasserIn]
Atcha, Hamza [VerfasserIn]
Reitz, Zachary [VerfasserIn]
Downing, Timothy L [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wendy F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ion Channels
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
Mechanobiology
Mechanotransduction
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

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Date Completed 11.05.2020

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/JLB.MR0318-126R

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM294844880