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Tie2 signaling cooperates with TNF to promote the pro-inflammatory activation of human macrophages independently of macrophage functional phenotype.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
García Samuel, Krausz Sarah, Ambarus Carmen A, Fernández Beatriz Malvar, Hartkamp Linda M, van Es Inge E, Hamann Jörg, Baeten Dominique L, Tak Paul P, Reedquist Kris A
Abstract excerpt
Angiopoietin (Ang) -1 and -2 and their receptor Tie2 play critical roles in regulating angiogenic processes during development, homeostasis, tumorigenesis, inflammation and tissue repair. Tie2 signaling is best characterized in endothelial cells, but a subset of human and murine circulating monocytes/macrophages essential to solid tumor formation express Tie2 and display immunosuppressive properties consistent...
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