Review Article

Macrophage Polarization in Health and Disease

Table 1

Subpopulations of macrophages in different pathologies.

DiseaseMarkersReferences

Cancer
Invasive macrophagesWNT+, EGF+ [2528]
Activated macrophagesIL-12+, MHC I I H I , TNF- 𝛼 + , CD80/86+ [29, 30]
Immunosuppressive macrophagesArginase+, MARCO+, IL-10+, CCL-22+ [31, 32]
Angiogenic macrophagesVEGFR1+, VEGF+, CXCR4+, Tie2+, EST2+ [3336]
Metastasis-associated macrophagesVEGFR1+, CXCR4-, CCR2+, Tie2- [24, 3739]
FoxP3+ macrophages (regulatory macrophages)PGE2, Arg-2, IL-1α, CXCL4, CCL7, CCL9, CXCL12, CXCL13, PDGF, and VEGF[40]

HIV
HIV-transmitting macrophagesDC-SIGN+, CD163, CD206, High Phagocytosis (Cassol et al., submitted)
HIV-resistant macrophagesAPOBEC3A+, Low phagocytosis (Cassetta et al., submitted)

Other
Perivascular macrophagesPhagocytosis [41, 42]