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Interleukin-10 production by tumor infiltrating macrophages plays a role in Human Papillomavirus 16 tumor growth.
BMC immunology - 7 Jun 2010
Bolpetti Aline, Silva João S, Villa Luisa L, Lepique Ana Paula
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BACKGROUND: Human Papillomavirus, HPV, is the main etiological factor for cervical cancer. Different studies show that in women infected with HPV there is a positive correlation between lesion grade and number of infiltrating macrophages, as well as with IL-10 higher expression. Using a HPV16 associated tumor model in mice, TC-1, our laboratory has demonstrated that tumor infiltrating macrophages are M2-like,...
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