"Macrophages" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The relatively long-lived phagocytic cell of mammalian tissues that are derived from blood MONOCYTES. Main types are PERITONEAL MACROPHAGES; ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; HISTIOCYTES; KUPFFER CELLS of the liver; and OSTEOCLASTS. They may further differentiate within chronic inflammatory lesions to EPITHELIOID CELLS or may fuse to form FOREIGN BODY GIANT CELLS or LANGHANS GIANT CELLS. (from The Dictionary of Cell Biology, Lackie and Dow, 3rd ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D008264
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.372 A11.627.482 A11.733.397 A15.382.680.397 A15.382.812.522
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| Concept/Terms |
Macrophages- Macrophages
- Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages
- Bone Marrow Derived Macrophages
- Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophage
- Macrophage, Bone Marrow-Derived
- Macrophages, Bone Marrow-Derived
- Monocyte-Derived Macrophages
- Monocyte Derived Macrophages
- Macrophage
- Macrophages, Monocyte-Derived
- Macrophage, Monocyte-Derived
- Macrophages, Monocyte Derived
- Monocyte-Derived Macrophage
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2007 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2014 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2016 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 2019 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 2020 | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2022 | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| 2023 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2024 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Macrophages" by people in Profiles.
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Rexinoid NEt-3IB Promotes Resident Macrophage Gene Expression and Mitigates Desiccation-Induced Ocular Surface Disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2026 Apr 01; 67(4):31.
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Selective elimination of myeloid HIV reservoirs by targeting pro-survival pathways. J Infect. 2026 May; 92(5):106733.
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Activin A secretion by muscle-repairing macrophages induces heterotopic ossification in mice. J Clin Invest. 2026 Mar 02; 136(5).
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Inflammation- and resolution-programmed myeloid circuits govern therapeutic resistance in epithelial and mesenchymal triple-negative breast cancer. J Clin Invest. 2026 Apr 15; 136(8).
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Exosomes Derived From Bone Marrow Macrophages of HFD-Fed Mice Regulating AKT/GSK Pathway in Hepatocytes via miR-222-5p. FASEB J. 2026 Jan 15; 40(1):e71380.
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FACS-based genome-wide CRISPR screening platform identifies modulators of CD47. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1684539.
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Towards a map of the immune system manipulation network by Trypanosoma cruzi. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025; 15:1711520.
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Anti-CSF-1R therapy with combined immuno-chemotherapy coordinate an adaptive immune response to eliminate macrophage enriched triple negative breast cancers. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 03; 17(1):1193.
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Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis of Macrophage-to-Myofibroblast Transition in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther. 2026 Apr; 32(4):454-465.
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Rare epigenetic alterations are conserved across hematopoietic differentiation stages after mycobacterial infection. JCI Insight. 2026 Jan 23; 11(2).