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Si Tong Huo1,2, Taishi Inoue1, Clinton S Robbins1,3,4
1University Health Network Research Institutes, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Abstract:
Macrophages drive microvascular development, repair, and remodeling in addition to their roles in immunity. Single-cell transcriptomics reveals macrophage subpopulations whose vascular functions exceed the M1/M2 framework. Here we review four mechanisms of macrophage-driven angiogenesis-paracrine secretion, endothelial contact, matrix remodeling, and mural cell crosstalk-and their temporal ordering across development, injury, and disease. Finally, we examine translational strategies and propose a stage-resolved framework for driving revascularization or suppressing tumor angiogenesis.
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