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ReviewInternational journal of medical sciences2025

Advances on the Role of Lung Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Era of Single-Cell Genomics.

Xiaohua Li, Hui Zhang, Xianhong Chi, Weibin Ruan, Xia Meng, Jiehua Deng, Mianluan Pan, Tingting Ma, Jianquan Zhang

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Review in International journal of medical sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiaohua LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Hui ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China.
Xianhong ChiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Weibin RuanDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Xia MengDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Jiehua DengDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Mianluan PanDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Tingting MaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital affiliated with Jinan University), Zhuhai, Guangdong 519000, China.
Jianquan ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous respiratory disorder characterized by persistent airflow limitation. The diverse pathogenic mechanisms underlying COPD progression remain incompletely understood. Macrophages, serving as the most representative immune cells in the respiratory tract, constitute the first line of innate immune defense and maintain pulmonary immunological homeostasis. Recent advances have provided deeper insights into the phenotypic and functional alterations of pulmonary macrophages and their role in COPD pathogenesis. Notably, the advent of single-cell RNA sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of macrophage molecular heterogeneity in COPD. Herein, we review principal investigations concerning the sophisticated mechanisms through which pulmonary macrophages influence COPD, encompassing inflammatory mediator production, protease/antiprotease release, and phagocytic activity. Additionally, we synthesize findings from available literature regarding all identified pulmonary macrophage sub-populations in COPD, thereby advancing our comprehension of macrophage heterogeneity's significance in the complex pathophysiological mechanisms of COPD.

Indexed as

GenomicsMacrophages, AlveolarPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateLungPhagocytosischronic obstructive pulmonary diseasecigarette smokeimmune functionmacrophagesscRNAseq

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PMID39781522
PMCPMC11704685

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