Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways High monocytes can mean your body is fighting inflammation from infections ...

Playing tag, riding bikes, and climbing trees are among the many joys of childhood that leave kids happily worn out and panting heavily for air. For those with lung disorders, growing up can look ...

Monocytes, a special type of white blood cell, secrete cytokines as inflammatory messengers that are crucial for an appropriate immune response. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and ...

In a small country like Norway alone, we see around 11,000 heart attacks every year," says postdoctoral fellow Camilla Huse ...

Microglia in the brain’s parenchyma arise from macrophage progenitors in the embryonic yolk sac (Ginhoux et al., 2010), and are thought to self-renew locally during a mammal’s lifespan, without ...