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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Macrophages in chronic infections: regulation and remodeling.

Hongle Cui, Min Wang, Sitan Jiao, Sirui Tian, Hui Liu, Bo Luo

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hongle CuiDepartment of Parasitology, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, China.
Min WangDepartment of Parasitology, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, China.
Sitan JiaoSchool of Basic Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, China.
Sirui TianSchool of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, China.
Hui LiuDepartment of Parasitology, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, China.
Bo LuoDepartment of Parasitology, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages, as a critical component of innate immune cells, exhibit significant plasticity. When confronted with danger signals such as pathogens or microenvironmental alterations, macrophages can differentiate into various phenotypes and functions to safeguard the host. However, numerous pathogens manipulate macrophage metabolic pathways to modify their functional expression, facilitating immune evasion and ensuring long-term survival during chronic infections. Therefore, the role of macrophage metabolic reprogramming in chronic infections has received growing attention. This review elucidates the primary metabolic pathways of macrophages and their association with polarization. It examines how pathogens modulate macrophage functional expression through metabolic reprogramming to sustain chronic infection. Additionally, it delineates how macrophage metabolic reprogramming in chronic infections reconfigures the microenvironment through interaction with other immune cells and its contribution to trained immunity.

Indexed as

MacrophagesPersistent InfectionAnimalsChronic DiseaseHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateMacrophage ActivationMetabolic Networks and Pathwayschronic infectionimmune regulationmacrophagesmetabolic reprogrammingpolarization

Identifiers

PMID40746542
PMCPMC12310494

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