Vsig4+ macrophages

Intervention

1 paper studies it2 findings

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and 6 more
  • Animals1

Outcomes

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Cardiac contractility

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1 study
  1. Vsig4+ macrophages improve cardiac contractility in mice.

    “Restoring Vsig4+ macrophage population in ageing WT mice reduced cardiac microbial DNA abundance and inflammation and improved heart contractility.”

    Animalsin ageing WT miceheart

    Gut lumen-leaked microbial DNA causes myocardial inflammation and impairs cardiac contractility in ageing mouse heart

    Frontiers in immunologyJul 13, 2023

Inflammation

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1 study
  1. Vsig4+ macrophages decrease inflammation in mice.

    “Restoring Vsig4+ macrophage population in ageing WT mice reduced cardiac microbial DNA abundance and inflammation and improved heart contractility.”

    Animalsin ageing WT miceheart

    Gut lumen-leaked microbial DNA causes myocardial inflammation and impairs cardiac contractility in ageing mouse heart

    Frontiers in immunologyJul 13, 2023

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