Altered macrophage kinetics is a pivotal mechanism of visceral obesity-induced inflammation and cardiometabolic risk. Because monocytes can differentiate into either proatherogenic M1 macrophages or anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages, approaches that limit M1 while promoting M2 differentiation represent a unique therapeutic strategy. We ...

BackgroundHIV-1 Protease Inhibitors, namely PIs, originally designed to inhibit HIV-1 aspartic protease, can modulate the immune response by mechanisms largely unknown, and independent from their activity on viral replication. Here, we analyzed the ability of PIs to interfere with differentiation program of monocytes toward dendritic cell (DCs) lineage, a ...

Three monoclonal antibodies against human monocytes have been produced by somatic cell fusion. Extensive specificity analysis suggests that these antibodies react with most if not all human peripheral blood monocytes and not with highly purified T or B cells. Initial chemical characterization of the monocyte antigen recognized by two ...

Acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal myeloblasts (mainly granulocyte or monocyte precursors) in the bone marrow and blood. Though great progress has been made for improvement in clinical treatment during the past decades, only minority with AML achieve long-term survival. Therefore, further understanding mechanisms of ...

A new simple multi-well plate-based assay to determine monocyte differentiation-inducing activity was developed. It is based on the increase of macrophage adherence after the induction of monocyte differentiation. The assay was conducted using a human monocytic leukemia cell line, THP-1, ...

Induction of terminal differentiation is a conceptually attractive approach for the therapy of neoplastic diseases. Although vitamin D derivatives (deltanoids) can induce differentiation of AML cells in vitro, so far deltanoids have not been successfully brought to the clinic, due to the likelihood of life-threatening hypercalcemia. Here, we incubated ...

Jun 10, 2011 ... Determining the effects of gravity on monocyte differentiation (becoming more specialized) may mitigate immunosuppression. ...

initiation of apoptosis (cell death) and cell cycle arrest. f To fully characterize the effect of microgravity on the activation ...

... ANIMAL DISEASES, CELLS(BIOLOGY), CULTURES(BIOLOGY), HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, PERITONEUM, PHAGOCYTES, PRODUCTION, ...

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Monocytes in SLE have been described as having aberrant behavior in a number of assays. We examined gene expression and used a genome-wide approach to study the posttranslational histone mark, H4 acetylation, to examine epigenetic changes in SLE monocytes. We compared SLE monocyte gene expression and H4 acetylation ...

Abstract Background aims. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) possess immunomodulatory activity both in vitro and in vivo. However, little information is available regarding their function during the initiation of immunologic responses through their interactions with monocytes. While many studies have shown that MSC impair the differentiation of ...

, atherosclerosis involves plasma low density proteins cholesterol, monocytes/macrophages, endothelial cells, circulating immune cells (e.g. monocytes) are recruited. Once in the intima, the monocytes differentiate]). Figure 2: B. Osterud and E. Bjorklid, Role of monocytes in atherogenesis ...

We have examined the potential to generate bona fide macrophages (M�) from conditionally immortalised murine bone marrow precursors. M� can be derived from Hoxb8 conditionally immortalised macrophage precursor cell lines (M�P) using either M-CSF or GM-CSF. When differentiated in GM-CSF (GM-M�P) the resultant cells resemble GM-CSF bone marrow-derived dendritic cells ...

The pleiotropic growth factor TGF?(1) promotes many of the pathogenic mechanisms observed in lung fibrosis and airway remodeling, such as aberrant extracellular matrix deposition due to both fibroblast activation and fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation. Serum amyloid P (SAP), a member of the pentraxin family of proteins inhibits bleomycin-induced ...

A definition of a wave aberration as a phase shift upon composition of light waves in the image of a point is given using the concept of point eikonal. An expression that determines the total differential of a wave aberration function is obtained and the condition of its integrability is determined. The sequence of the wave ...

Notch signalling is a central regulator of differentiation in a variety of organisms and tissue types. Its activity is controlled by the multi-subunit ?-secretase (?SE) complex. Although Notch signalling can play both oncogenic and tumour-suppressor roles in solid tumours, in the haematopoietic system it is exclusively oncogenic, notably in T-cell acute lymphoblastic ...

Monocytes patrol various tissues for signs of infection and inflammation. Inflammatory monocytes enter peripheral tissues at sites of microbial infection and differentiate into dendritic cells and macrophages. Here, we examined the importance of monocytes in primary mucosal infection with herpes simplex virus 2 ...

A current paradigm states that monocytes circulate freely and patrol blood vessels but differentiate irreversibly into dendritic cells (DCs) or macrophages upon tissue entry. Here we show that bona fide undifferentiated monocytes reside in the spleen and outnumber their equivalents in circulation. The reservoir ...

The development of various types of cancer results from the interaction among endogenous, environmental and hormonal factors, where the most notable of these factors is diet. The aim of the present study was to determine the antigenotoxic, anticarcinogenic, phagocytic and immunomodulatory activities of Agaricus blazei. The test antigenotoxicity (Comet Assay) and anticarcinogenic (Test of ...

New official nomenclature subdivides human monocytes into 3 subsets: the classical (CD14(++)CD16(-)), intermediate (CD14(++)CD16(+)), and nonclassical (CD14(+)CD16(++)) monocytes. This introduces new challenges, as monocyte heterogeneity is mostly understood based on 2 subsets, the CD16(-) and CD16(+) monocytes. ...

The aim of this work was to study the in vitro effect of T-2 toxin on human monocyte differentiation into macrophages and dendritic cells. Cytotoxicity of T-2 toxin on monocytes, on monocytes in differentiation process into macrophages or dendritic cells, and on immature dendritic cells and ...

Cholera toxin (CT) is a potent adjuvant for mucosal vaccination; however, its mechanism of action has not been clarified completely. It is well established that peripheral monocytes differentiate into dendritic cells (DCs) both in vitro and in vivo and that monocytes are the in vivo precursors of mucosal CD103^? ...

BackgroundStimulation of CD137 ligand on human monocytes has been shown to induce DC differentiation, and these CD137L-DCs are more potent than classical DCs, in stimulating T cell responses in vitro. To allow an in vivo evaluation of the potency of CD137L-DCs in murine models we aimed at generating murine CD137L-DCs.Methodology/Principal FindingsWhen ...

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a highly fatal tumor arising from inner body membranes, whose extensive growth is facilitated by its week immunogenicity and by its ability to blunt the immune response which should arise from the huge mass of leukocytes typically infiltrating this tumor. It has been reported that the inflammatory infiltrate found in MM tissues is characterized by a high prevalence ...

Monocytes are critical precursors of dendritic cells and macrophages, which play an important role in the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). HIV-1 postentry infection is blocked in undifferentiated monocytes in vitro, while the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. HIV-1 Tat-mediated transactivation of the viral long ...

Designing and simulating complex magnet systems needed for cooling channels in both neutrino factories and muon colliders requires innovative techniques to correct for both chromatic and spherical aberrations. Optimizing complex systems, such as helical magnets for example, is also difficult but essential. By using COSY INFINITY, a differential algebra ...

of an alternative cell fate. We show that the commitment of monocyte RAW264.7 progenitors to active macrophage conflicting differentiation signals. For example, monocyte progenitors subjected to inflammatory stimuli pivotaltranscriptionfactorsinvolvedinosteoclastdifferentiation(4). In this study, we used a RAW264.7 ...

, granulocytic, monocytic and mono/myeloblasts differentiation path- ways, according to the protocol of the Dutch.33 and CD15/HLA-DR/CD45/CD11b; Monocytic differ- entiation: CD36/CD33/CD45/CD14; Myeloid blasts: Ned scoring system, which quantifies ab- normalities in the erythroid, granulocytic, monocytic and mono

Differential blood count. Lymphocytes, percent. Neutrophiles, percent. Band cells, percent. Monocytes, percent. Eosineophiles, percent. Basophiles, percent ...

... as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the most commonly fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. Differentiating rickettsial diseases from other ...

Although the initiating factor(s) is unknown, it is now accepted that pulmonary sarcoidosis develops as a result of an over-stimulated local cellular immune response. Starting as a lymphocytic alveolitis, there is a progression to granuloma formation within the interstitium as stimulated T lymphocytes release mediators capable of attracting and activating monocytes to ...

There is a growing realization that some aging-associated phenotypes/diseases have an epigenetic basis. Here, we report the first genome-scale study of epigenomic dynamics during normal human aging. We identify aging-associated differentially methylated regions (aDMRs) in whole blood in a discovery cohort, and then replicate these aDMRs in sorted CD4⁺ ...

Monocytes are a heterogeneous cell population with subset-specific functions and phenotypes. The differential expression of CD14 and CD16 distinguishes classical CD14++CD16-, intermediate CD14++CD16+ and non-classical CD14+CD16++ monocytes. Current knowledge on human monocyte heterogeneity is still incomplete: ...

IntroductionMonocytes/macrophages accumulate in the rheumatoid (RA) synovium where they play a central role in inflammation and joint destruction. Identification of molecules involved in their accumulation and differentiation is important to inform therapeutic strategies. This study investigated the expression and function of chemokine receptor CCR9 in the ...

In the present study, we investigated the functional differences between cluster of differentiation (CD)14(++) CD16(-) and CD14(+) CD16(+) monocytes during anti-Candida host defense. CD14(++) CD16(-) are the "classical" monocytes and represent the majority of circulating monocytes in humans, while CD14(+) ...

Sepsis-induced immune depression is characterized by infection susceptibility and monocyte early deactivation. Because monocytes are precursors for dendritic cells (DC), alterations in their differentiation into DC may contribute to defective immune responses in septic patients. We therefore investigated the ability of ...

IntroductionMicrovasculopathy is one of the characteristic features in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), but underlying mechanisms still remain uncertain. In this study, we evaluated the potential involvement of monocytic endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in pathogenic processes of SSc vasculopathy, by determining their number and contribution to blood vessel formation ...

Monocytes and T helper (T(H)) cells rapidly infiltrate inflamed tissues where monocytes differentiate into inflammatory dendritic cells (DCs) through undefined mechanisms. Our studies indicate that T(H) cells frequently interact with monocytes in inflamed skin and elicit the differentiation of ...

Dihydropyridine (DHP) calcium channel blockers have been shown to suppress atherogenesis in various species and controlled angiographic trials suggest that these drugs may retard the progression of occlusive coronary disease in humans. Because mononuclear leukocytes play a key role in the formation of early and advanced atheromatous lesions, we determined effects of DHP calcium channel modulators ...

Monocytes from tuberculosis patients exhibit functional and phenotypical alterations compared with healthy controls. To determine whether these discrepancies can be explained by changes in monocyte subsets, the expression of CD14 and CD16 was evaluated in tuberculosis patients and healthy controls; additionally, some markers related to the mononuclear ...

CD163, a haptoglobin-hemoglobin (Hp-Hb) scavenger receptor, expressed by monocytes and macrophages, is important in resolution of inflammation. Age-related non-AIDS co-morbidities in HIV-infected individuals, particularly dementia and cardiovascular disease, result in part from effects of HIV-1 infection on monocyte and macrophage biology. CD163 ...

CD163, a haptoglobin-hemoglobin (Hp-Hb) scavenger receptor, expressed by monocytes and macrophages, is important in resolution of inflammation. Age-related non-AIDS co-morbidities in HIV-infected individuals, particularly dementia and cardiovascular disease, result in part from effects of HIV-1 infection on monocyte and macrophage biology. CD163 ...

The types of chromosomal aberrations during the aging of Crepis capillaris (Hawksbeard; fam. Asteraceae) seeds were investigated. Seeds were stored at 22 degrees C for 2, 4, 6, and 8 years. Chromosomal aberrations were analyzed in metaphase chromosomes at the first and second mitotic cycles. A colchicine block was used for the ...

The major cellular antioxidant glutathione is depleted during HIV infection and in obesity. While the consequence of glutathione depletion on immune function is starting to emerge, it is currently not known whether glutathione dysregulation influences the differentiation and maturation of dendritic cells (DCs). Moreover, the effect of glutathione depletion on DC effector ...

OBJECTIVESSeveral transcription factors determine the cell fate decision between granulocytes and monocytes, but the upstream signal transduction pathways that govern myelopoiesis are largely unknown. Based on our observation of aberrant myeloid cell representation in hematopoietic tissues of 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX)-deficient (Alox15) mice, we ...

The present paper investigates and discusses the ability of the Hartmann test with a 4-aperture differential image motion monitor (DIMM) to measure the atmospheric primary aberrations which, in turn, can be used for the calculation of the atmospheric coherence time. Through performing numerical simulations, we show that the 4-aperture DIMM is able to ...

BackgroundBone generation and maintenance involve osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes which originate from unique precursors and rely on key growth factors for differentiation. However, an incomplete understanding of bone forming cells during wound healing has led to an unfilled clinical need such as nonunion of bone fractures. Since circulating ...

Monocytes and macrophages are targets of HIV-1 infection and play critical roles in multiple aspects of viral pathogenesis. HIV-1 can replicate in blood monocytes, although only a minor proportion of circulating monocytes harbor viral DNA. Resident macrophages in tissues can be infected and function as viral reservoirs. However, their ...

We show that laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy of eukaryotic cells with a significantly larger diameter than the tight focus of a single-beam laser trap leads to optical trapping of the cell by its optically densest part, i.e. typically the cell's nucleus. Raman spectra of individual optically trapped monocytes are compared with location-specific Raman spectra of ...

Vascular inflammation is associated with and in large part driven by changes in the leukocyte compartment of the vessel wall. Here, we focus on monocyte influx during atherosclerosis, the most common form of vascular inflammation. Although the arterial wall contains a large number of resident macrophages and some resident dendritic cells, atherosclerosis drives a rapid influx ...

In order to determine the correlation between the in vitro model of monocyte differentiation and its in vivo counterparts, cell surface phenotypes of monocytes in culture and mature tissue macrophages were analyzed using monoclonal antibodies, M1/70, TA-1 anti-HLA-DR, and a heteroantisera prepared to macrophage cell line U937. ...

Human monocytes differentiate into dendritic cells (DCs) or macrophages according to the nature of environmental signals. Monocytes stimulated with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plus interleukin 4 (IL-4) yield DCs. We tested here whether interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), a potent activator of macrophages, may ...

Deformation of the cytoskeleton activates intracellular signaling pathways, including those governing differentiation. Based on the observation that monocytes reverse transmigrating through endothelial cells spontaneously undergo differentiation into dend...

The authors have examined the role of integrins and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in macrophage differentiation of (1) human HL-60 myeloid leukemia cells induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and (2) human peripheral blood monocytes induc...

Chronic exposure of humans to benzene has been shown to have a cytotoxic effect on hematopoietic progenitor cells in intermediate stages of differentiation which can lead to aplastic anemia and acute myelogenous leukemia. This thesis examined the effect of hydroquinone, a toxic metabolite of benzene found in the bone marrow, on the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line ...

Interleukin-1? (IL-1?) induces the expression of a variety of proteins responsible for acute inflammation and chronic inflammatory diseases. However, the molecular regulation of IL-1? expression in myeloid differentiation has not been elucidated. In this study the chromatin structure of the IL-1? promoter and the impact of methylation on IL-1? expression in ...

Abnormal epigenetic regulation has been implicated in oncogenesis. We report here the identification of somatic mutations by exome sequencing in acute monocytic leukemia, the M5 subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M5). We discovered mutations in DNMT3A (encoding DNA methyltransferase 3A) in 23 of 112 (20.5%) cases. The DNMT3A mutants showed reduced enzymatic activity or ...

This paper shows that in vitro infection of human monocytes by Mycobacterium tuberculosis affected monocyte to macrophage differentiation. Despite the low bacterial load used, M. tuberculosis-infected monocytes had fewer granules, displayed a reduced number of cytoplasmic projections and decreased HLA class II, ...

Monocytes are immune cells that can differentiate into a number of cell types including macrophages, dendritic cells, and osteoclasts upon exposure to various cytokines. The phenotypes of these differentiated cells are highly heterogeneous and their differentiation can be affected by the cyclic nucleotides, ...

Studies on the differentiation and activation of human monocytes in tissue cultures have usually been limited by the deterioration of human monocytes and macrophages in long-term cultures. In this study, we attempted to establish long-term human monocyte/macrophage cultures using the phorbol ester 12-0 ...

The effect of the culture supernatant of influenza virus (IV)-infected apoptotic and non-apoptotic cells on the differentiation of monocytes to macrophages was investigated. IV infection induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation in cultured chorion cells but not in amnion cells prepared from human foetal membrane tissue. To examine the ...

Purpose: To identify the distribution, differential Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and functional contribution of monocyte subpopulations in the inflammatory stage of Eales' disease (ED). Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from nine patients with inflammatory stage of ED and nine age and sex matched healthy controls. The ...

Requirements for the establishment of productive infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in primary monocytes were investigated. In vitro, monocytes rendered susceptible for infection after at least a 2-d culture, but when cultured in the presence of differentiation-inducing agent IL-4, accelerated susceptibility ...

Monocytes purified with cell scatter monitored counterflow centrifugation were cultured in plastic (adherent) and in teflon culture bags (suspension). Sequential changes were monitored during 15 days by measuring intracellular activity of three enzymes of intermediary metabolism: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH), phosphohexose isomerase (PHI) and isocitrate ...

BackgroundMonocyte subpopulations distinguished by differential expression of chemokine receptors CCR2 and CX3CR1 are difficult to track in vivo, partly due to lack of CCR2 reagents.Methodology/Principal FindingsWe created CCR2-red fluorescent protein (RFP) knock-in mice and crossed them with CX3CR1-GFP mice to investigate monocyte ...

Occupational exposure to metals such as cobalt and beryllium represents a risk factor for respiratory health and can cause immune-mediated diseases. However, the way they act may be different. We show here that the two metals have a divergent effect on peripheral T lymphocytes and monocytes: BeSO(4) induces cell death in monocytes but not in T lymphocytes, ...

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) rapidly induces a mobile and functionally unique proinflammatory monocyte following infection that is proposed to mediate viral spread. The cellular pathways used by HCMV to initiate these biological changes remain unknown. Here, we document the expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the surface of human peripheral blood ...

Arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) is known to be toxic toward leukemia cells. In this study, we determined its effects on survival of human monocytic cells during macrophagic differentiation, an important biological process involved in the immune response. As(2)O(3) used at clinically relevant pharmacological concentrations induced marked apoptosis of human ...

The relationship of aberrant DNA hypermethylation of cell cycle checkpoint genes with the sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer drugs is a question of current interest. In this study, we investigated the relationship between aberrant hypermethylation of the CHFR (checkpoint with forkhead-associated and ring finger) mitotic checkpoint gene and ...

In addition to liver-resident Kupffer cells, infiltrating immune cells have recently been linked to the development of liver fibrosis. Blood monocytes are circulating precursors of tissue macrophages and can be divided into two functionally distinct subpopulations in mice: Gr1(hi) (Ly6C(hi)) and Gr1(lo) (Ly6C(lo)) monocytes. The role of these ...

Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for development of atherosclerosis. In experimental animals fed a high-cholesterol diet, monocytes adhere to the arterial endothelium and penetrate into the intima where they differentiate into macrophages and ingest lipids thus giving rise to fatty streaks, the earliest type of atherosclerotic plaque. ...

We present the case of a 43-year-old patient with sensorineural hearing loss and the finding of an aberrant internal carotid artery in the left tympanic cavity that was causing pulsatile tinnitus. The aberrant vessel was initially invisible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and was confirmed by high-resolution computed tomography and MR angiography ...

Light microscopy of thick biological samples, such as tissues, is often limited by aberrations caused by refractive index variations within the sample itself. This problem is particularly severe for live imaging, a field of great current excitement due to the development of inherently fluorescent proteins. We describe a method of removing such ...

Human cytomegalovirus infection of monocytes stimulates a unique monocyte differentiation reprogramming resulting in polarization towards an M1 pro-inflammatory macrophage that simultaneously exhibits characteristics of an M2 anti-inflammatory macrophage. Our laboratory has previously shown that HCMV infection stimulates ...

. Several subtypes of leukocytes exist, including granulocytes, lymphocytes (T, B and NK cells), monocytes include T cells (T), natural killer cells (NK), B cells (B) and monocytes (M), were investigated. The set95 CD102 CD120a CD122 CD126 CD130 CD138 HLA-DR l FMC7 k Monocyte (M) CD1a CD4 CD9 CD11a CD11b CD11c

BackgroundIn healing wounds, some monocytes enter the wound and differentiate into fibroblast-like cells called fibrocytes. Since Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are present on monocytes, and pathogens that can infect a wound have and/or release TLR agonists, we examined whether TLR agonists affect fibrocyte ...

Background and objectives: Hematopoietic growth factor�inducible neurokinin 1 (HGFIN), also known as Gpnmb and osteoactivin, is a transmembrane glycoprotein that is expressed in numerous cells, including osteoclasts, macrophages, and dendritic cells. It serves as an osteoblast differentiation factor, participates in bone mineralization, and functions as a negative regulator ...

Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011; 34: 960-971 SUMMARY: Background? Hepatitis C virus infection evolves into chronic progressive liver disease in a significant percentage of patients. Monocytes constitute a diverse group of myeloid cells that mediate innate and adaptive immune response. In addition to proinflammatory CD16+ monocytes, a Tie-2+ subgroup - Tie-2 ...

Human monocytes from patients with patent filarial infections are studded with filarial antigen and express markers associated with alternative activation of macrophages (M?). To explore the role of filaria-derived parasite antigen in differentiation of human monocytes, cells were exposed to microfilariae (mf) of Brugia malayi and ...

The microenvironment produced by solid tumors is inhibitory to the immune system, inducing dendritic cell (DC) alterations, but there is a paucity of information regarding haematological malignances. The aim of this study was to investigate DC differentiation under the influence of leukemic cell products. Monocytes from healthy volunteers were cultured in ...

Standard cell culture plastic was surface modified by passive adsorption or covalent attachment of interleukin (IL)-4 and investigated for its ability to induce differentiation of human monocytes into mature dendritic cells, a process dose-dependently regulated by IL-4. Covalent attachment of IL-4 proceeded via anthraquinone photochemistry to introduce ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) play a role in anti-viral immunity by providing early innate protection against viral replication and by presenting antigen to T cells for initiation of the adaptive immune response. Studies show the adaptive response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is ineffective for complete viral elimination. Other studies describe the kinetics of the ...

The extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1 and 2) are widely-expressed and they modulate proliferation, survival, differentiation, and protein synthesis in multiple cell lineages. Altered ERK1/2 signaling is found in several genetic diseases with skeletal phenotypes, including Noonan syndrome, Neurofibromatosis type 1, and Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome, suggesting that ...

Several in vitro studies have emphasized the importance of toll-like receptor/myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) signaling in the inflammatory response to Streptococcus pyogenes. Since the extent of inflammation has been implicated in the severity of streptococcal diseases, we have examined here the role of toll-like receptor/MyD88 signaling in the pathophysiology of ...

It is widely believed that generation of mature dendritic cells (DCs) with full T cell stimulatory capacity from human monocytes in vitro requires 5-7 days of differentiation with GM-CSF and IL-4, followed by 2-3 days of activation. Here, we report a new strategy for differentiation and maturation of ...

Monocytes are involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes, many of which are studied in mouse models. Current protocols to isolate murine monocytes are few and result in unsatisfactory cell yield and purity. Here, we describe a novel approach to efficiently differentiate large numbers of mature inflammatory ...

Both bovine peripheral blood monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC) and myeloid DC from afferent lymph have been described, but resident DC from other bovine tissues have not been fully characterized. The spleen as a secondary lymphoid organ is central to the innate and acquired immune response to va...

OBJECTIVE: To analyze paraoxonase 1 (PON1) effect on monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation. METHODS AND RESULTS: THP-1 monocytic cell-line and mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) were studied. Markers for monocytes differentiation included: morphological changes, CD11b and CD36 expression, and ...

Chronic inflammation drives atherosclerosis, the leading cause of cardiovascular disease. Over the past two decades, data have emerged showing that immune cells are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic plaques. The accumulation and continued recruitment of leukocytes are associated with the development of �vulnerable� plaques. These plaques are prone to rupture, leading to ...

The cellular immune response to tissue damage and infection requires the recruitment of blood leukocytes. This process is mediated through a classical multistep mechanism, which involves transient rolling on the endothelium and recognition of inflammation followed by extravasation. We have shown, by direct examination of blood monocyte functions in vivo, that a subset of ...

Macrophages and arterial smooth muscle cells comprise the cellular components of the atherosclerotic plaque. The vessel wall accumulation of macrophages occurs by a process of increased circulating monocyte migration into the vessel wall. In these studies it is demonstrated that human macrophages and arterial smooth muscle cells in culture secrete potent chemotactic factors ...

Ursolic acid (UA), a pentacyclic triterpenoid compound, is widely distributed in the plant kingdom and has a broad range of biological effects. This study was carried out for the first time to investigate the potential role of UA in the differentiation of human leukemia HL60 cells and the underlying mechanisms in it. UA could induce differentiation of HL60 ...

Recruitment of monocytes into tissues and their differentiation into macrophages or dendritic cells (DCs) depend on the microenvironment of the inflammatory site. Although many factors affecting this process have been identified, the intracellular signaling pathways implicated are poorly understood. We found that cyclic nucleotides regulate certain steps ...

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts. In immunocompetent hosts, HCMV is associated with chronic inflammatory diseases including atherosclerosis. Monocytes and macrophages are proposed to play key roles in HCMV dissemination to host tissue, and their infection provides a biological link between the lifecycle of ...

BACKGROUND: Aside from numerous parenchymal and vascular deposits of amyloid beta (A beta) peptide, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal and synaptic loss, the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease is accompanied by a subtle and chronic inflammatory reaction that manifests itself as microglial activation. However, in Alzheimer's disease, alterations in the permeability of the blood-brain barrier ...

The cytogenetic effects of triethylenemelamine (TEM) were studied using five different mammalian tissues. Treatments of 0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg TEM on differentiating mouse spermatogonia and bone marrow cells showed no significant differences in the frequency of chromosomal aberrations produced in these two tissues. At higher doses, however, the sensitivites of ...

When a two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) microscope is used to image deep inside tissue, out-of-focus background can arise from both ballistic and nonballistic excitation. We propose a solution to largely reject TPEF background in thick tissue. Our technique is based on differential-aberration imaging with a deformable mirror. By introducing extraneous ...

We show that apidaecin binds to human macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells, displaying different intracellular distributions and inducing diversified effects. An apidaecin-cell association was detectable at concentrations as low as 5 ?M and increased without saturation until 60 ?M, was receptor independent and required a physiological temperature (37�C). For apidaecin, ...

Monocytes and macrophages are central cells of the innate immune system, responsible for defending against diverse pathogens. While they originate from a common myeloid precursor and share functions in innate immunity, each has a very distinct life span finely tuned by the apoptotic caspases. Normally, circulating monocytes are short-lived and undergo ...

The immature neonatal immune system is thought to result in increased risk of infection. Receptors for the Fc moiety of IgG (Fc?R) are important in antibody-mediated clearance of microbes by granulocytes and monocytes/macrophages. As an approach to understanding their role in neonatal life, we have compared the constitutive expression of the three Fc receptors�Fc?RI (CD64), ...

To understand the lack of protective immunity observed after infection with parainfluenza virus type 3 (PIV3), we tested the effect of the virus on human monocytes and monocyte-derived immature dendritic cells (DCs). Expression of viral antigens on the cell surfaces correlated with replication of the virus, which was marginal in ...

Blood of both humans and mice contains 2 main monocyte subsets. Here, we investigated the extent of their similarity using a microarray approach. Approximately 270 genes in humans and 550 genes in mice were differentially expressed between subsets by 2-fold or more. More than 130 of these gene expression differences were conserved between mouse and human ...

Blood of both humans and mice contains 2 main monocyte subsets. Here, we investigated the extent of their similarity using a microarray approach. Approximately 270 genes in humans and 550 genes in mice were differentially expressed between subsets by 2-fold or more. More than 130 of these gene expression differences were conserved between mouse and human ...

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), the most abundant immunosuppressive myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment, exhibit an IL-10(high)IL-12(low) profile called M2, opposite to the immunostimulatory M1. We reported that ovarian cancer ascites switched monocyte differentiation into TAM-like cells that exhibit most phenotypic and functional ...

, 65, 906�919 #12;channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque), differentiating monocytes from large). An ultrastructural study of the leukocytes of the Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of Morphology 164, 1

The cell cycle inhibitor p21 plays an important role in monocytic cell differentiation, during which it translocates from the nucleus to cytoplasm. This process involves the negative regulation of the p21 nuclear localization signal (NLS). Here, we sought to determine the relationship between the cytoplasmic translocation of p21 and another molecule, ...

This slide image is part of a large collection of the Health Education Assets Library by way of the UCLA Histology Collection. Osteoclasts are cells with multiple nuclei which result from the fusion of many monocytes. Osteocytes are cells which have differentiated from osteoblasts and have surrounded themselves with bone.