Infiltrating monocytes versus resident kupffer cells: Do alternatively activated macrophages need to be targeted alternatively?

Macrophage therapy for murine liver fibrosis recruits host effector cells improving fibrosis, regeneration, and function

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No Need to Coax Monocytes

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Local Macrophage Proliferation, Rather than Recruitment from the Blood, Is a Signature of TH2 Inflammation

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CX3CL1-CX3CR1 interaction prevents carbon tetrachloride-induced liver inflammation and fibrosis in mice

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The fractalkine receptor CX3CR1 protects against liver fibrosis by controlling differentiation and survival of infiltrating hepatic monocytes

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Alternative Activation of Macrophages: Mechanism and Functions

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Functional Contribution of Elevated Circulating and Hepatic Non-Classical CD14+CD16+ Monocytes to Inflammation and Human Liver Fibrosis

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Hepatic recruitment of the inflammatory Gr1+monocyte subset upon liver injury promotes hepatic fibrosis

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