Advances in the study of macrophage polarization in inflammatory immune skin diseases

• Main Authors: Tingting Xia (Author), Shengping Fu (Author), Ruilin Yang (Author), Kang Yang (Author), Wei Lei (Author), Ying Yang (Author), Qian Zhang (Author), Yujie Zhao (Author), Jiang Yu (Author), Limei Yu (Author), Tao Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract When exposed to various microenvironmental stimuli, macrophages are highly plastic and primarily polarized into the pro-inflammatory M1-type and the anti-inflammatory M2-type, both of which perform almost entirely opposing functions. Due to this characteristic, macrophages perform different...