title: Colony-stimulating factor-1 in immunity and inflammation.
abstract: Colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1, also known as macrophage-CSF) is the primary regulator of the survival, proliferation, differentiation and function of mononuclear phagocytes. Studies that involve CSF-1-deficient mice demonstrate that there is a variable requirement for CSF-1 in the development of individual mononuclear phagocyte populations. However, these cells uniformly express the CSF-1 receptor, and their morphology, phagocytosis and responsiveness to infectious and non-infectious stimuli is regulated by CSF-1. CSF-1 plays important roles in innate immunity, cancer and inflammatory diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, arthritis, atherosclerosis and obesity. In several conditions, activation of macrophages involves a CSF-1 autocrine loop. In addition, secreted and cell-surface isoforms of CSF-1 can have differential effects in inflammation and immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chitu
authors.forename: E Richard
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology*; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000276:immunology; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor