Pay more attention to the role of macrophages in chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2011.03.001
- VernacularTitle:关注巨噬细胞在慢性低度炎症性疾病中的作用
- Author:
Weiwei ZHAO
;
Renming HU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Macrophage;
Chronic low-grade inflammatory disease
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2011;27(3):189-192
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
It is well known that the macrophages play an important defensive role in the innate immune system. During recent years, with the introduction of the concept of chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases and their further intensive study, the activation and balance of macrophage, as well as its inflammatory effects in chronic lowgrade inflammatory diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and non-alcoholic fatty liver, are gradually becoming a hot topic of current research. The present article mainly gives an overview of the important role played by macrophages in the inflammatory effects in these diseases.
