Monocytes and macrophages are myeloid cells that have important innate immune functions. Macrophages reside in tissues and respond to infection by producing inflammatory mediators and engulfing ...

The presence of microplastics in our food and soil has become a global-level crisis. A young girl named Anushka Sable has found that they can cause tumor in our bodies.

Monocytes are a type of immune cell never reported to play a role in T cell stimulation," explains Elewaut. For the longest time, researchers had been looking at dendritic cells as the main ...

were seeded at 1 × 10 4 cells per cm 2 in six-well plates. Treatment with TNF-α (2.5, 5 or 10 ng/ml) or lipopolysaccharide (0.5, 1 or 5 μg/ml) treatment was carried out for 12 h to activate the HUVECs ...