Chemokine-Induced Macrophage Polarization in Inflammatory Conditions

Macrophages represent a heterogeneous cell population and are known to display a remarkable plasticity. In response to distinct micro-environmental stimuli, e.g., tumor stroma vs. infected tissue, they polarize into different cell subtypes. Originally, two subpopulations were defined: classically activated macrophages or M1, and alternatively activated macrophages or M2. Nowadays, the M1/M2 classification is considered as an oversimplified approach that does not adequately cover the total spectrum of macrophage phenotypes observed in vivo. Especially in pathological circumstances, macrophages behave as plastic cells modifying their expression and transcription profile along a continuous spectrum with M1 and M2 phenotypes as extremes. Here, we focus on the effect of chemokines on macrophage differentiation and polarization in physiological and pathological conditions. In particular, we discuss chemokine-induced macrophage polarization in inflammatory diseases, including obesity, cancer, and atherosclerosis

High macrophage activities are associated with advanced periductal fibrosis in chronic Opisthorchis viverrini infection

Liver fluke infection caused by Opisthorchis viverrini induces several hepatobiliary conditions including advanced periductal fibrosis (APF ) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA ), but >25% of the infected population develops APF and 1% develop CCA . The innate immune response is the first line of defence, and macrophages are critical regulators of fibrosis. We hypothesized that macrophages from infected individuals have different capacities to either promote or suppress periductal fibrosis. We compared phagocytic activities of macrophages of healthy individuals and O viverrini‐ infected individuals ± APF , and found that macrophages from infected individuals with APF ingested significantly higher numbers of beads compared with healthy controls and O viverrini‐ infected individuals without APF . To further investigate proteolytic activity, we monitored real‐time phagosomal proteolysis of beads conjugated to DQ ‐BODIPY ‐BSA using live cell imaging. We show that macrophages from O viverrini‐ infected individuals with APF also have elevated phagosomal proteolysis activity, which is consistent with their increased phagocytic activity. Additionally, stimulated ROS production by blood monocytes was higher in individuals with APF compared with healthy controls and infected individuals without APF . These results suggest that during O viverrini infection, macrophages with high phagocytic and proteolytic activities together with elevated ROS production are the phenotypes that can promote tissue damage, which results in periductal fibrosis

Empirisme logique et psychologie

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Valeur intrinsèque et limites fonctionnelles de la philosophie des sciences

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Les transformations de l'utilitarisme

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Réponse à MM. Issmann et Apostel

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Le statut des propositions de doctrine dans l'empirisme logique

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Ch. Perelman, Le champ de l'argumentation, Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, Travaux de la Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Tome XLIII, 1970.

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Du cheminement philosophique

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