Macrophage

Cross-talk between skeletal muscle and immune cells: muscle-derived mediators and metabolic implications

Pillon NJ,et al. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Mar 1;304(5):E453-65. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00553.2012. Epub 2012 Dec 31. Abstract Skeletal muscles contain resident immune cell populations and their abundance and type is altered in inflammatory myopathies, endotoxemia or different types of muscle injury/insult. Within tissues, monocytes differentiate into macrophages and polarize to acquire pro- or anti-inflammatory […]