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. 2024 Feb 12;147(1):38. doi: 10.1007/s00401-024-02695-0

Table 2.

Overview of factors expressed or released by different macrophage populations that act on endothelial cells

Factor Expressed by Vascular effects Model Reference
Angiotensin II Microglia Capillary constriction Streptozotocin-induced diabetic retinopathy [81]
FASL Macrophages Endothelial cell death Inhibition of miR-30a in mouse retina [83]
IGF1 Microglia Angiogenesis Mouse model of oxygen-induced proliferative retinopathy, crush-injured spinal cord in neonatal mice [69] [66]
IL-1β Microglia Vascular activity changes mediated by endothelial IL1R1 Mouse model of LPS preconditioning in ischemic spinal cord injury [37, 84]
MIF Monocyte-derived macrophages Endothelial necroptosis and apoptosis Mouse model of perioperative ischemic stroke [67]
ROS Microglia Tight junction disruption In vitro [115]
PvMΦ

BBB disruption

Impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation

Mouse model of chronic hypertension

Cerebral blood flow in the mouse cortex

[107]

[90]

TGFβ1 Microglia Modulation of vascular architecture, modulation of endothelial proliferation Retina development; in vitro [23, 124]
TNF Microglia Enhanced endothelial proliferation (TNFR2); endothelial necroptosis (TNFR1); tight junction disruption In vitro [124] [14] [115]
VEGF-A PvMΦ Induction of endothelial GLUT1 expression High-fat diet [57]
Microglia Cerebrovascular injury [73]
CAMs BBB disruption MCAO, hypoxia [92, 110]

FASL FAS ligand, IGF1 insulin-like growth factor 1, MCAO middle cerebral artery occlusion, MIF macrophage migration inhibitory factor, ROS reactive oxygen species, TGFβ1 transforming growth factor β1, TNF tumour necrosis factor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor