Not exact matches
Asthma has been correlated
with an overabundance of one type of
immune cell called M2
macrophages in the lungs.
In this study, the researchers found that a specific population of
immune cells called macrophages have the ability to secrete or produce a protective or healing factor known as Interleukin - 10 (IL - 10), which can interact
with receptors on intestinal epithelial
cells to promote wound healing.
Under the guidance of a world - renowned cancer biologist, Robert Weinberg, Ph.D., Lu is focusing on how metastatic breast cancer
cells interact
with a subset of
immune cells called macrophages, which normally are capable of engulfing — literally eating — infected, damaged, or cancerous
cells.