Peritoneal washing (abdominopelvic washing) is a procedure used to diagnose whether certain types of cancer are present in the peritoneal cavity—the space between the membranes that line the abdomen.

Here, we study the effects of peritoneal Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG ... Using lineage tracing, we find that tissue-resident red pulp macrophages (RPM), initially depleted by BCG exposure, are ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in a release yesterday announced that its medical staff performed Guyana’s first neonatal peritoneal dialysis, describing it as a groundbreaking ...

Immunohistochemical localization of oxPL contrast agent within atherosclerotic plaque confirmed selective accumulation in macrophages. Phagocytosis of oxPL in human macrophages involves α v β 3 ...

Furthermore, the signaling metabolites succinate and itaconate can accumulate independently of characteristic breaks in the TCA cycle in mouse and human macrophages, and peritoneal macrophages can be ...

The following is a summary of “Elevated Fcy receptor expression augments pro-inflammatory macrophage phagocytosis in systemic sclerosis and associated rheumatic diseases,” published in the December ...

The study was published in the journal JCI Insight. Macrophages are immune cells that reside in and protect the lungs and are also recruited to the lungs in high numbers during injury or disease ...

When CD47 on tumor cells bind with SIRPα on macrophages, the macrophages suppress phagocytosis. 2 Astellas’ R&D strategy: Astellas has established a Focus Area Approach for its research and ...

While phagocytosis at temperatures of 8 and 17.5°C amounted to 85.8 and 83.1% of the activity observed at 37°C, respectively, full phagocytic activity was restored within minutes of translocation into ...