“I was wondering whether the content of those vesicles could also serve the macrophage metabolism.” Bacteria hijack nutrients during an infection, explained Garaude. “In order to compensate [for] this ...

In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers explored how macrophages—our body’s first line of ...

Subscribe for FREE The researchers also discovered that when these cells, called macrophages, eat live bacteria it triggers an inflammation response. But when they eat dead bacteria it doesn’t. “When ...

The researchers also discovered that when these cells, called macrophages, eat live bacteria it triggers an inflammation response. But when they eat dead bacteria it doesn't. "When phagocytic ...

Investigating how CFTR mutation affected the ability of immune cells called macrophages to fight off bacteria, the researchers found that, in CF, lung macrophages can’t properly use zinc as an ...

Bacterial phagocytosis by the alveolar macrophages occurred in a regular and reproducible fashion in this monolayer-culture flask system. Trials of a variety of phagocytic systems, including ...

Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment, and we all routinely inhale these tiny pollutants. Now new research ...

Like the tolerant bugs, the persistent bacteria grew slowly, if at all, within macrophages treated with antibiotics. But the researchers found that persistent Salmonella came alive in the macrophages ...

Building onto this finding, researchers noted that higher levels of a zinc transport protein can benefit macrophages in their fight against bacteria and potentially reduce infections. Healio spoke ...