Yuanzhe Ding
Di Zhang1,2,3
Xiaolei Zhang- 1Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- 2The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- 3Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics, Wenzhou, China
- 4Chinese Orthopaedic Regenerative Medicine Society, Hangzhou, China
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating disease leading to loss of sensory and motor functions, whose pathological process includes mechanical primary injury and secondary injury. Macrophages play an important role in SCI pathology. According to its origin, it can be divided into resident microglia and peripheral monocyte-derived macrophages (hematogenous Mφ). And it can also be divided into M1-type macrophages and M2-type macrophages on the basis of its functional characteristics. Hematogenous macrophages may contribute to the SCI process through infiltrating, scar forming, phagocytizing debris, and inducing inflammatory response. Although some of the activities of hematogenous macrophages are shown to be beneficial, the role of hematogenous macrophages in SCI remains controversial. In this review, following a brief introduction of hematogenous macrophages, we mainly focus on the function and the controversial role of hematogenous macrophages in SCI, and we propose that hematogenous macrophages may be a new therapeutic target for SCI.
Background
Spinal cord injury (SCI) used to be considered a traumatic disease that mostly occurs in the youth (Pickett et al., 2006; Niemeyer et al., 2020). However, the incidence of SCI among the elder people has gradually increased in recent years due to the aging of the population (Wilson et al., 2020). It is estimated that 270,000 people suffer from SCIs in the United States (DeVivo and Chen 2011; Selvarajah et al., 2014). SCI patients may experience two stages: the acute stage and the chronic stage (Oyinbo 2011). Recent therapies for SCI include pharmacological therapies, genetic therapies, cell therapies, and endocrine therapies (Samantaray et al., 2016; Przekora and Juszkiewicz 2020).
Notably, macrophages are related to all these therapies (Popovich 1999; Shechter 2009; Greenhalgh and David 2014; Chen et al., 2021; Zheng et al., 2021), which may be attributed to their different performances in the acute phase and chronic phase. When SCI happens, there are two groups of macrophages participating in the pathophysiological process. The first group is “microglia,” which is regarded as a tissue resident macrophage, and the other one is hematogenous macrophage, which is derived from monocytes circulating in the peripheral vessel (Hanisch and Kettenmann 2007; Daneman 2018; Li and Barres 2018). Hematogenous macrophages infiltrate from the periphery to the lesion site after SCI, through the damaged blood–spinal barrier and blood vessels (Hao et al., 2021). Their phenotypes will change dynamically, which may further modulate the inflammation, phagocytosis, scar formation, and regeneration of SCI (Sica 2015; Kong and Gao 2017). Current studies have shown that macrophages have advantages in that they can reduce spinal cord inflammation and phagocytize tissue debris (Lech and Anders 2013) in preparation for nerve regeneration and matrix remodeling. However, uncontrollable inflammatory response that they bring can cause secondary damage and can impair long-lasting recovery (Shechter et al., 2011; Zhu 2015).
In this review, we will summarize the recent advances about hematogenous macrophages, for the purpose of discovering a new therapeutic target for SCI.
Hematogenous Macrophages Are Different From Microglia
Hematogenous Macrophage’s Origin and Development
Hematogenous macrophages are derived from monocytes. Bone marrow and the spleen are recently reported to be the two main origins of hematogenous macrophages (Ren and Young 2013; Swirski et al., 2014). Bone marrow-derived monocytes are defined as three subtypes in humans, which includes classical CD14++CD16−CCR2+, intermediate CD14++CD16+CCR2+, and nonclassical CD14+CD16++CCR2− monocytes (Urbanski et al., 2017; Shang et al., 2021). The transformation of monocytes into macrophages and migration to tissues depends on inflammatory circumstance (Figure 1).
FIGURE 1. It concisely shows the development process of the monocyte-derived macrophages from bone marrow to injured spinal cord. Monoblasts, origin from the bone marrow, circulate in the blood normally. When inflammation happens, various molecules are released to induce and transform hematogenous macrophages into two types, playing mostly different roles in spinal cord injury (SCI).
The spleen is now regarded as another major resource of monocytes. Blomster indicated that hematogenous macrophages mainly originate from splenic monocytes at the first 7 days post-injury (Blomster et al., 2013). Though splenic monocytes cannot be distinguished from counterparts that circulate in the blood vessels (Daneman 2018), further experiments found that they were spleen-resident monocytes rather than passing through the spleen within blood (Swirski and Nahrendorf 2009). Splenic monocytes can be divided into two subtypes including pro-inflammatory Ly-6C+ and anti-inflammatory Ly-6C−. After splenectomy, there is a reduction by about 75% of Ly-6C+ monocytes at the margin of myocardium infarction, which gave evidence that splenic macrophages play a critical role in inflammatory sites (Swirski and Nahrendorf 2009). What is more, according to the different anatomical parts of spleen, there are three different subsets of macrophages, namely, red pulp macrophage (RpMφ), marginal metallophilic macrophage (MMMφ), and marginal zone macrophage (MZMφ) (Mebius and Kraal 2005). They recognize aging or apoptotic red blood cells and eliminate them through SIRPα binding with CD47, as well as participate in pathogen-induced immune response (Burger et al., 2012). However, the relationship between spleen and SCI is unclear and still need further researches.
In physiological conditions, hematogenous macrophages make less contribution to tissue-resident macrophages than in pathological conditions (Hashimoto and Chow 2013). Hematogenous macrophages may infiltrate in different tissues in various situations, and this process is regulated by different secreted bioactive substances and enzymes (Margeta et al., 2018). For instance, in the breast tumor region lacking blood vessels, tumor cells may release cytokines such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), IL-8, and TGF-β to attract macrophages due to hypoxia, thus enabling them to play a role in promoting angiogenesis in tumor tissue (Kuroda and Jamiyan 2021). In obesity condition, insulin resistance may induce the increased expression of monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP1), thereby promoting macrophage infiltration and inflammation in adipose tissue (Shimobayashi et al., 2018). In addition, during tissue hypoxia, the expression of activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) increased, promoting the infiltration of M2 macrophages (Xia et al., 2017). In the SCI, pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-β, TNF-α, and IL-6, which are released by activated microglia cells (Jeong 2010), may promote the infiltration of hematogenous macrophages to the injury site.
Microglia’s Origin and Development
“Microglia” is different from “hematogenous macrophages,” regarded as tissue-resident macrophages to participate in homeostasis in the central nervous system (CNS) (Zhao et al., 2018). Microglia and hematogenous macrophages have similar morphology and are both involved in serial pathological processes of SCI such as inflammation phagocytosis and ischemic reperfusion injury (Nakajima et al., 2020). However, they also have many differences in origin, biological markers, and functions (Daneman 2018; Watanabe et al., 2019).
Distinct from hematogenous macrophages, microglia originates from the yolk sac of the embryo (Ginhoux and Guilliams 2016) and apparently is generated earlier than hematogenous macrophages (Gomez Perdiguero et al., 2013). Microglia is found mainly in immunologically privileged sites such as the brain, spinal cord, and eyeball (Morganti-Kossmann et al., 2007). Microglia dynamically detects surrounding microenvironment without interfering with neuronal activities (Prinz et al., 2021). It can be the first to be activated when small blood vessels and parenchyma are damaged due to acute or chronic injury (Denes et al., 2007), followed by infiltration of hematogenous macrophages (Feng et al., 2018). Meanwhile, some studies have shown that the distribution of these two types of macrophages after infiltration is different. Microglia cells are distributed in the epicenter and edge of the lesion, while most hematogenous macrophages remained at the edge of the injury center (Shechter 2009) (Table 1).
TABLE 1. Distinction between hematogenous macrophage and microglia.
Hematogenous Macrophages Participate in Spinal Cord Injury Pathology
Inflammation
Inflammation is the most important pathological process after SCI with complex mechanism (Perdiguero et al., 2011). Damaged tissue fragments, nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD) (Inohara and Nunez 2003), and heat shock proteins (HSPs) (Khandia et al., 2017) act as inflammatory stimulus, which work on Toll-like receptors (TLRs) (Gao et al., 2021) and mannose receptors (Zhou et al., 2018). Under the synergistic effect of the above factors, hematogenous macrophages are recruited from the peripheral through the damaged blood–spinal barrier (Gensel and Zhang 2015).
So far, two phenotypes of hematogenous macrophages have been described: M1 and M2. M1 macrophages are firstly polarized under the stimulation of TNF-α, IL-β, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the early phase of inflammation (Sica 2015). Meanwhile, they release inflammatory cytokines like IL-β,TNF-α, IL-6 (Jeong 2010), chemokines (CCL8, CCL9, and CCL15) (Boche et al., 2013), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and cox-oxidase (COX) (Han et al., 2019). All the above can be regarded as characteristics of M1 macrophages. Meanwhile, M1 macrophages showed stronger phagocytosis and antigen-presenting ability, which could eliminate the necrotic cells (Hou et al., 2020). However, excessive secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) after M1 cell polarization can impair neurons and glia and even cause more serious neuron apoptosis (Block et al., 2007).
M2 macrophages are stimulated mainly by IL-4, IL-10, and TGF-β (Mills 2012), which can inhibit the apoptosis of neurons and inflammatory reaction, which consequently promotes the repair of nerve tissue (Zhang et al., 2020). They have lower expression of the pro-inflammatory factors as compared with M1 macrophages (Motwani and Gilroy 2015). M2 macrophages can be divided into four subtypes according to different cell definition markers: M2a, M2b, M2c, and M2d. M2a macrophages can be marked by CD206, CD209, arginase-1, and YM1, which contribute to remyelination and reduction of dieback (Novak and Koh 2013). M2b macrophages are also called regulatory macrophages (Mregs), expressing CD86 and CD64. Different from other subtypes, they have both anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory functions (Nakai 2021). M2c macrophages can express CD163, CD206, and CCR2. They function as debris scavenging and remyelination (Novak and Koh 2013). M2d is typically regarded as tumor-associated macrophage (TAM), expressing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and promoting angiogenesis and tumor growth (Kuroda and Jamiyan 2021).
Phagocytosis
Hematogenous macrophages detect, engulf, and digest cellular and tissue debris in the process of phagocytosis (Jain et al., 2019). Fragments persist longer in hematogenous macrophages, which shows hematogenous macrophages have less efficient phagocytic capability and are more susceptible than microglia (Greenhalgh and David 2014). Myelin debris are inflammatory stimuli and neural outgrowth inhibitors generated after SCI; they also contain high amounts of lipid (Dimas et al., 2019). Foamy macrophage is another phenotype of hematogenous macrophage after phagocytizing myelin lipid. Studies recently have demonstrated that foamy macrophage may lose the capacity to phagocytize apoptotic cells and promote the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (Wang 2015). Kong et al. indicated that macrophage scavenger receptor 1 (MSR1) participated in the formation of foamy macrophages accompanied with activating the NF-κB signaling pathway (Kong et al., 2020).
Furthermore, studies have shown that phagocytosis may have different effects in SCI. On the positive side, phagocytosis can provide a suitable environment for remyelination via receptor-mediated phagocytosis (McKerracher and Rosen 2015), because myelin debris produce regeneration inhibitors and inflammatory stimulus (He and Koprivica 2004). On the negative side, phagocytosis may lead to axonal dieback. Cx3cr1+/GFP hematogenous macrophages are involved in the process by directly contacting injured axons (Evans et al., 2014). What is more, Popovich et al. indicated that depleting hematogenous macrophages by clodronate liposomes decreased axonal dieback (Popovich 1999).
Glial Scar Formation
Astrocyte-producing chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) contribute to the glial scar formation after SCI (Haan et al., 2015; Vismara et al., 2020). Researchers believe that an interaction exists between macrophages and CSPGs, because there are similar temporal and spatial characteristics between them (Song et al., 2019). Compared with normal mice, scar tissue in genetically engineered mice without macrophages was significantly reduced (Martin et al., 2003). In addition, scar formation is related to the macrophage subtypes (Hesketh et al., 2017). M1 macrophages show anti-fibrotic behavior but promote inflammation (Sun et al., 2020), while M2 macrophages induce scar formation on account of TGF-β secretion (Song 2019). Scar tissue has shown different effects after SCI. In the acute phase, scar tissue acts as a barrier to restrict the inflammation. This process can be dependent on STAT3 signaling pathway within astrocytes, while STAT3-deficient mice failed to corral inflammation (Wanner et al., 2013). Sahni et al. have indicated that bone morphogenetic protein receptor Ia (BMPRIa) contributes to gliosis and that BMPRIa ablation leads to less axon density and worse locomotor recovery after SCI (Sahni et al., 2010). In the chronic phase, the scar starts to show detrimental effects as a barrier for axonal regrowth (Dias 2018). Undesirable regenerative conditions can be attributed to the hostile scar tissue rather than the limited regeneration capacity of axons (Tom et al., 2004). Leukocyte common antigen-related phosphatase (LAR) is highly correlated with CSPGs in scar tissues. Xu et al. have indicated that LAR knockout mice show improvements in not only axonal regeneration but also functional recovery (Xu et al., 2015). What is more, type A pericytes, a subset of perivascular cells, have now come into view regarding their contribution to extracellular matrix deposition and scar composition (Picoli et al., 2019). Dias et al. have indicated that moderate inhibition of pericyte-derived scar formation can facilitate wound healing integrity as well as axonal regeneration (Dias 2018).
Regeneration
As mentioned above, macrophage-induced inflammation, phagocytosis, and scar formation are all like double-edged swords to SCI recovery. Likewise, regeneration can also be attributed to macrophage phenotypes (Wu et al., 2015; Zrzavy et al., 2021). From the perspective of macrophage phenotypes, it has been clear that macrophages can be activated into M1 and M2, and simply reducing macrophages without differentiating phenotypes at the damaged site is not conducive to the regeneration (Shechter 2009; Miron et al., 2013). When circulating pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages are eliminated, inflammation is attenuated and neuroprotective effects are shown (Jay 2015; Wang et al., 2019). However, Ma and colleagues demonstrated that M2 macrophage transplantation contributed to a better preservation of myelinated axons. What is more, M2 expresses fibroblast growth factor (Fgf2) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (Igf1) to stimulate angiogenesis, which is a crucial element to provide an environment promoting nerve regeneration (Jetten et al., 2014; Hu et al., 2019). Likewise, the p38/MAKP-1 pathway is involved in the transition of macrophages from an “inflammatory” to “anti-inflammatory” role, impairing inflammation and ameliorating the tissue repair (Song et al., 2021).
Controversy Over the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury by Hematogenous Macrophages
Due to the contradictory views on the influences of hematogenous macrophages in SCI, researchers are divided into two groups. They hold different views that infiltrating hematogenous macrophages after SCI have beneficial and detrimental effects. These views are listed as follows.
Hematogenous Macrophages May Inhibit Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Numerous studies demonstrated that reducing infiltration of hematogenous macrophages or clearing them at the injured site promotes the recovery of SCI.
Based on the previous evidence that macrophages are related to secondary damage, Blight conducted an experiment by injecting silica dust into animals at 2 days after SCI, which shows less vascularization of the lesion (Blight 1985). What is more, Popovich intravenously injected clodronate liposome to deplete hematogenous macrophages, which led to a reduction of infiltrating macrophages at the damaged edge. As a result, it decreased the tissue cavity in lesion and promoted the recovery of motor function (Popovich 1999). Arising from the hypothesis that macrophages may participate in scar formation, Zhu and colleagues applied the same approach with Popovich, getting the result that the density of neurofilament axon increased as compared with control group (Zhu 2015).
Instead of depleting hematogenous macrophages, Gris and colleagues chose the CD11d monoclonal antibody (mAb) to delay macrophage’s infiltration and to interfere with the early inflammatory response; the results showed that necrotic debris are significantly reduced and long-lasting sensorimotor function is improved. Compared with Popovich’s experiment, this method does not affect later aggregation of macrophages crucial for regeneration (Parvin et al., 2021). Besides the methods above, Mabon used an antibody to block the binding of αDβ2–VCAM1 in order to reduce recruitment of macrophages and neutrophils (Mabon 2000). Adiponectin, a hormone secreted by adipocytes, is also able to inhibit macrophage recruitment as well as its mediated neuroinflammation (Zhou 2019). Likewise, MCP-1 (Yang et al., 2018), TNF-α, and macrophage inflammatory protein 1 (MIP) (Maurer and von Stebut 2004) may also cause the infiltration of hematogenous macrophages. Inhibiting the infiltration of hematogenous macrophages shares the same results in that they controlled the inflammation and reduced myelin lipid accumulation, which can have potential for long-lasting sensorimotor function recovery in SCI (Huang 2019).
Hematogenous Macrophages Promote Spinal Cord Injury Repair
However, different from the above, many studies have demonstrated that hematogenous macrophages alleviate SCI.
Kobayakawa indicated that recruiting hematogenous macrophages to the lesion epicenter by high concentration of complement C5a leads to a lower incidence of axonal dieback and improvement of recovery, because after epicenter-directed accumulation, there will be less scattering hematogenous macrophages in lesions, which used to widely come into contact with neuron and cause axonal dieback (Kobayakawa 2019). In addition, hematogenous macrophages can secrete exosomes containing IL-10. Exosomes not only promote the polarization of anti-inflammatory microglia but also have neuroprotective effects and induce autophagy by downregulating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway (Huang 2019). Since M2 macrophages can produce anti-inflammatory cytokines and promote angiogenesis, Chen et al. adopted the method of transferring M2 to the injured spinal cord, which promoted neural development of injured spinal cord and inhibited neuronal death by regulating nucleoli and ribosome biogenesis (Chen et al., 2019). Similarly, in retinal injury, the direct transfer of naive monocytes to the injured mice also promotes neuroprotection and the renewal of retinal progenitor cells (London et al., 2011).
The above researches show the advantages of the infiltration of hematogenous macrophages; other researchers also have the same view by blocking the infiltration of hematogenous macrophages. For instance, interaction of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) with CCR2 is involved in the initial recruitment of hematogenous macrophages to the lesion (Zhang et al., 2021). When CCR2 was blocked, there was less infiltration of hematogenous macrophages, which leads to more myelin loss and worse recovery (Daneman 2018). What is more, Wattananit found that depleting hematogenous macrophages in the 7 days post-injury attenuates expression of anti-inflammatory gene like Ym1, TGF-βand CD163, while pro-inflammatory effects induced by microglia were increased (Wattananit et al., 2016) (Table 2).
TABLE 2. Different treatments towards hematogenous macrophages.
Analysis of Causes of the Controversy
In this review, we discuss a number of experiments about hematogenous macrophages in SCI, which reflect the pathophysiological role of hematogenous macrophages likes a “double-edged sword.” In fact, it is because the polarization and executive functions of hematogenous macrophages are time-dependent and dynamically changing while infiltrating into the lesion location. At 3 days post-injury, hematogenous macrophages begin to infiltrate the injured site and then dominate the lesion core (Longbrake et al., 2007). At 7 days after SCI, the number of M2 macrophages peaked. However, the degree of infiltration gradually decreased till 14 dpi, which can be attributed to lipid accumulation of myelin fragments (Wang 2015). Beck et al. found that this decrease was not permanent and that the second wave of increase in hematogenous macrophages happened from 14 to 60 dpi. They also have a hypothesis that the hematogenous macrophage response of this phase plays a critical role in preventing further loss of function (Beck et al., 2010). However, the macrophages’ role after 60 dpi is unclear.
What is more, polarization of hematogenous macrophages occurs during this dynamic process. The researchers advocating the elimination of hematogenous macrophages are focusing on detrimental effects, which are mediated by M1 macrophages, such as inflammation (Gris 2004; Arafah et al., 2019). Others advocating the benefits of hematogenous macrophages have paid attention to the anti-inflammatory and regenerative effects of M2 macrophages (Kobayakawa 2019). The transformation of hematogenous macrophage subtypes is considered to be a key therapeutic target (Novak and Koh 2013). But the transformation will not take place spontaneously, as the injured lesion microenvironment is more suitable for the survival of M1 rather than M2 (David et al., 2015). Thus, scientists are now trying to promote M2 macrophage polarization to secure SCI; here are the studies that have been reported up to now.
For example, mTOR and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) are involved in metabolic programs of anti-inflammatory macrophages, which can promote the polarization of M2 macrophages. Inhibition of mTOR leads to a decreasing expression of PPARγ, thereby inhibiting polarization of M2 macrophages (Kang et al., 2018). Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) is proved to participate in the progress of the infiltration as well as the polarization of M2 macrophages, which is a potential therapy for SCI (Zhou et al., 2020). Thus, Yao et al. used an immune inhibitory receptor called programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) to induce the phosphorylation of STAT6, which brings positive effects like removing debris and facilitating tissue repair (Yao et al., 2014). Liu et al. first established that the inhibited expression of gene PTEN in macrophages resulted in increased M2 polarization. Inhibiting PTEN by bovine papillomavirus (bpV) shows satisfactory effects including promoting axonal outgrowth and improving tissue sparing in vivo after SCI (Liu et al., 2019). What is more, Grb1/2-associated binder (Gab) proteins are components in response to various extracellular stimuli, which are a determinant in M2 macrophage polarization. Deficiency of Gab1/2 attenuates macrophage sensitivity to IL-4 and leads to a depression in M2 polarization (Guo et al., 2017). Researchers also indicated that local injection of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) can activate the polarization of M2 macrophages via IL-10 and IL-13, which attenuates inflammatory microenvironment. Meanwhile, BDNF has also shown its contribution to synaptic plasticity and axon regeneration in SCI by the high-affinity TrkB receptor (Ji et al., 2015). Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) is a major pro-inflammatory regulator of macrophages. Parthenolide is the principal active ingredient of herbs, which can inhibit NF-κB pathway to promote M1 transfer to M2. This treatment shows suppressed glial scar formation and inhibition of demyelination (Gaojian et al., 2020). Ma et al. indicated that implanting in vitro-polarized M2 macrophages directly to the lesion site will be a better method, which inhibits ROS production and promotes regeneration (Ma et al., 2015), because they think it is too late for transferred cells to reach the lesion site when the blood–brain barrier has been closed (Hu et al., 2012). Obviously, the above methods can increase the proportion of M2 macrophages to achieve a significant therapeutic effect. It is believed that in the future it will be a principle to promote M2 macrophage polarization in clinical treatment for SCI.
Summary and Perspectives
To sum up, the infiltrating and polarizing hematogenous macrophages show different functions at different times and states. As mentioned above, targeting infiltrating macrophages to treat SCI will be a major trend in the future. Simply clearing or promoting macrophages is not beneficial. The key is how to properly regulate their phenotypes. However, the methods for regulating polarization of hematogenous macrophages are still limited. It is necessary to find more ways to properly regulate the hematogenous macrophages after SCI. By then, there will be more evidences on the roles of macrophages in the treatment of SCI.
Author Contributions
YD, DZ, and SW drafted and revised the manuscript. XZ and JY conceived the design, provided data analysis and interpretation. All of the authors approved it for publication.
Funding
This work is supported by Zhejiang Provincial Project for Medical and Health Science and Technology (2020KY638), Wenzhou Science and Technology Bureau Foundation (Y2020056), and Lin He’s New Medicine and Clinical Translation Academician Workstation Research Fund (18331213).
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Abbreviations
ATF4, activating transcription factor 4; CCR, chemokine receptor; CD, cluster of differentiation; CNS, central nervous system; CSF, colony-stimulating factor; CSPGs, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans; DAMPs, damage-associated molecular patterns; HSP, heat shock proteins; IL, interleukin; Mφ, Macrophage; MCP1, monocyte chemotactic protein 1; MCP, monocyte chemotactic protein 1; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; NOD, nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ; SIRPα, signal regulatory proteinα; SCI, spinal cord injury; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; TLRs, Toll-like receptors.
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Keywords: spinal cord injury, hematogenous macrophages, microglia, inflammation, therapy
Citation: Ding Y, Zhang D, Wang S, Zhang X and Yang J (2021) Hematogenous Macrophages: A New Therapeutic Target for Spinal Cord Injury. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9:767888. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.767888
Received: 31 August 2021; Accepted: 19 October 2021;
Published: 24 November 2021.
Edited by:
Bo Gao, Air Force Military Medical University, ChinaReviewed by:
Linlin Wang, Zhejiang University, ChinaXue Yao, Tianjin Medical University, China
Jialin Chen, Southeast University, China
Licheng Zhang, Chinese PLA General hospital, China
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*Correspondence: Xiaolei Zhang, zhangxiaolei@wmu.edu.cn; Jingquan Yang, yjq@wzhealth.com