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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme activities and tumor-associated macrophages in breast cancer.
Immunologic research - 1 Jan 2014
Rego Stephen L, Helms Rachel S, Dréau Didier
Abstract excerpt
The role of the tumor microenvironment especially of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in the progression and metastatic spread of breast cancer is well established. TAMs have primarily a M2 (wound-healing) phenotype with minimal cytotoxic activities. The mechanisms by which tumor cells influence TAMs to display a pro-tumor phenotype are still debated although the key roles of immunomodulatory cytokines...
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