Here the authors examine phagocyte recognition and show the defined molecular patterns on polymer-coated nanoparticles in different species are driven by ficolin and complement opsonisation.

Immunology is the branch of biomedical sciences concerned with all aspects of the immune system in all multicellular organisms. Immune cells called natural killer cells can target and eliminate ...

In vivo studies also demonstrated the efficacy of caffeine in inhibition of choroidal neovascularization and mononuclear phagocyte recruitment to the laser lesion sites. Istradefylline, a specific AR ...

They observed that while some of these resulted in the neurons fragmenting but the debris not being cleared, manipulations that prevented phagocyte transformation resulted in a loss of neuron pruning, ...

Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, Rome 00185, Italy ...

Glia are essential for brain functioning during development and in the adult brain. Here, we discuss the various roles of both microglia and astrocytes, and their interactions during brain development ...

blood a pump (the heart) to push the blood around the body a system of tubes to contain the blood (arteries, veins and capillaries) The blood is the transport medium – it carries substances to ...

Society was undergoing gradual but progressive change during this period. Hospitals were begun, clinics to treat the poor were established, and better public health strategies were employed as ...

In this perspective article, the main risk factors of people to develop IFD are summarised, to aid recognising the impact of fungi on human health, an issue often underestimated and underappreciated.