ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
Mechanical and chemical macrophage activation differ by arm, not by amplitude
Chunlian Zhong, Weiya Chen, Tao Zeng…·Zhaoqing Cong
This paper quantifies how mechanical and chemical stimuli affect macrophage activation, finding mechanical cues primarily shift the effector arm rather than the interferon arm of the response.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.10.765627