Cardiac macrophages: how to mend a broken heart

Heather B Cohen; David M Mosser

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2013.12.005

Cardiac macrophages: how to mend a broken heart

Immunity. 2014 Jan 16;40(1):3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.12.005.

Authors

Heather B Cohen¹, David M Mosser²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
² Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Electronic address: dmosser@umd.edu.

PMID: 24439261
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.12.005

Abstract

A study by Epelman et al. (2014) in this issue of Immunity demonstrates that diverse subpopulations of macrophages reside in the adult heart and can be maintained by multiple mechanisms involving both local proliferation and contributions from monocytes.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Macrophages / immunology*
Monocytes / physiology*
Myocarditis / immunology*
Myocardium / immunology*

Grants and funding

R01 GM102589/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States