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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Hidden features: CD36/SR-B2, a master regulator of macrophage phenotype/function through metabolism.

Yuge Chen, Xuejia Zhang, Shengbin Huang, Maria Febbraio

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Insulin Resistance and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yuge ChenMike Petryk School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Xuejia ZhangMike Petryk School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Shengbin HuangInstitute of Stomatology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Maria FebbraioMike Petryk School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Once thought to be in a terminally differentiated state, macrophages are now understood to be highly pliable, attuned and receptive to environmental cues that control and align responses. In development of purpose, the centrality of metabolic pathways has emerged. Thus, macrophage inflammatory or reparative phenotypes are tightly linked to catabolic and anabolic metabolism, with further fine tuning of specific gene expression patterns in specific settings. Single-cell transcriptome analyses have revealed a breadth of macrophage signatures, with some new influencers driving phenotype. CD36/Scavenger Receptor B2 has established roles in immunity and lipid metabolism. Macrophage CD36 is a key functional player in metabolic expression profiles that determine phenotype. Emerging data show that alterations in the microenvironment can recast metabolic pathways and modulate macrophage function, with the potential to be leveraged for therapeutic means. This review covers recent data on phenotypic characterization of homeostatic, atherosclerotic, lipid-, tumor- and metastatic-associated macrophages, with the integral role of CD36 highlighted.

Indexed as

CD36 AntigensMacrophagesPhenotypeAnimalsHumansLipid MetabolismCD36 AntigensCD36 protein, humanatherosclerosisCD36macrophage metabolismobesitySR-B2tumor microenvironment

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PMID39742252
PMCPMC11685046

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