#macrophage — Public Fediverse posts

Uptake-independent killing of macrophages by extracellular #Mycobacterium #tuberculosis aggregates

Chiara Toniolo et al show that Mtb aggregates evade #phagocytosis by inducing #macrophage #pyroptosis via a mechanism involving its type VII secretion system ESX-1 and surface lipid PDIM

https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2023113490

At the #PrecapillarySphincter and #NeurovascularUnit, I show: #EndothelialCell, #MuralCell, #Fibroblast, #Macrophage, #Astrocyte and #Neuron. Also, structures: #ContractileElement, #MyoendothelialJunction, #PinocyticVesicle, #Collagen, #Elastin, #Glycocalyx (6/15)