ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2024
Genetically Engineered Macrophages Co-Loaded with CD47 Inhibitors Synergistically Reconstruct Efferocytosis and Improve Cardiac Remodeling Post Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.
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- Ferroptosis-driven immune remodeling in heart failure: the central role of macrophage reprogramming and impaired efferocytosis.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- Macrophage efferocytosis promotes inflammation resolution and accelerates wound healing.Communications biology · 2026Review
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- Optimizing next-generation CAR-macrophages against solid tumors: challenges and potential strategies.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- Defective efferocytosis links autonomic dysfunction and atrial fibrillation: multi-omics integration andFrontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Efferocytosis in myocardial infarction: the regulatory core from inflammation resolution to cardiac repair.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Efferocytosis in heart failure: Mechanisms, dysregulation and therapeutic potential.Theranostics · 2026Review
- Identification and experimental validation of biomarkers associated with macrophages in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Efferocytosis in Health and Disease.MedComm · 2025Review
- Efferocytosis in tissue engineering: A comprehensive review of emerging therapeutic strategies for enhanced tissue repair and regeneration.Bioactive materials · 2025Review
- Modulation of Macrophage Polarization by Traditional Chinese Medicine in HFpEF: A Review of Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potentials.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Beyond cancer: The potential application of CD47-based therapy in non-cancer diseases.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
- Macrophages in ventricular remodeling and heart failure: orchestrators of inflammation and repair.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Macrophage Polarization in Myocardial Ischemia‒Reperfusion Injury: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Review
- Liposome-mediated macrophage reprogramming: emerging strategies for chronic disease therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Recent progress in ROS-responsive biomaterials for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.Theranostics · 2025Review
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Abstract
Efferocytosis, mediated by the macrophage receptor MerTK (myeloid-epithelial-reproductive tyrosine kinase), is a significant contributor to cardiac repair after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI/R) injury. However, the death of resident cardiac macrophages (main effector cells), inactivation of MerTK (main effector receptor), and overexpression of "do not eat me" signals (brake signals, such as CD47), collectively lead to the impediment of efferocytosis in the post-MI/R heart. To date, therapeutic strategies targeting individual above obstacles are relatively lacking, let alone their effectiveness being limited due to constraints from the other concurrent two. Herein, inspired by the application research of chimeric antigen receptor macrophages (CAR-Ms) in solid tumors, a genetically modified macrophage-based synergistic drug delivery strategy that effectively challenging the three major barriers in an integrated manner is developed. This strategy involves the overexpression of exogenous macrophages with CCR2 (C-C chemokine receptor type 2) and cleavage-resistant MerTK, as well as surface clicking with liposomal PEP-20 (a CD47 antagonist). In MI/R mice model, this synergistic strategy can effectively restore cardiac efferocytosis after intravenous injection, thereby alleviating the inflammatory response, ultimately preserving cardiac function. This therapy focuses on inhibiting the initiation and promoting active resolution of inflammation, providing new insights for immune-regulatory therapy.
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