Macrophages in the Human Body. A Tissue Level Approach

Table of Contents

1. Ontogeny of macrophages 2. Differentiation of macrophages 3. Metabolic requirement for macrophages 4. Sensor and effector mechanisms of macrophages 5. Spleen, lymph nodes and lymphoid tissues Inflammatory system 6. Kidney Inflammatory and remodeling system 7. Skin Inflammatory and epithelial system 8. Bones and cartilage Inflammatory and skeletal system 9. Brain Inflammatory and nervous system 10. Intestines Inflammatory and digestive system 11. Lungs Inflammatory and respiratory system 12. Liver Inflammatory and liver system 13. Heart and vessels Inflammatory and cardiovascular system 14. Male and female reproductive organs Inflammatory and reproductive system 15. Targeting macrophages in systemic diseases

Authors

Niels Olson Saraiva Camara Professor, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Niels Olson Sairava Camara: Currently full professor of Department of Immunology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of S�o Paulo (since 2011). Visiting Professor at the University of Tours, France in 2006. His laboratory has experience in nephrology area and in cellular and applied immunology, acting on the following topics: kidney transplantation, experimental models of acute and chronic kidney diseases, ischemia and reperfusion injury, regulatory cells and stem cells in kidney diseases. More recently, the laboratory has been studying the microbiota interface, cellular metabolism and inflammation in models of autoimmunity. T�rcio Teodoro Braga Professor, Department of Pathology, Federal University of Parana, Parana, Brazil. Dr. T�rcio Teodoro Braga is currently Professor of Immunology in the Department of Pathology at the Federal University of Parana-UFPR (since 2018). Permanent Professor in the Graduate Courses in Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology at UFPR and in Biosciences and Biotechnology at the Carlos Chagas Institute, Fiocruz PR. Concluded the Biomedical course at the Federal University of Tri�ngulo Mineiro. He holds a PhD in Sciences from the Department of Immunology of the University of Sao Paulo-USP, with a sandwich period at the University of Maryland and at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his postdoctoral studies at USP, with an internship at the University of Bonn, Germany, and another postdoctoral fellowship at the Federal University of Sao Paulo. He has experience in the areas of inflammation, fibrosis and innate immunity. His laboratory has expertise in inflammasome, and in the immunology of fibrotic and regenerative processes.