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CD206-positive myeloid cells bind galectin-9 and promote a tumor-supportive microenvironment.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2018
Enninga Elizabeth Ann L, Chatzopoulos Kyriakos, Butterfield John T, Sutor Shari L, Leontovich Alexey A, Nevala Wendy K, Flotte Thomas J, Markovic Svetomir N
Abstract excerpt
In patients with metastatic melanoma, high blood levels of galectin-9 are correlated with worse overall survival and a bias towards a Th2 inflammatory state supportive of tumor growth. Although galectin-9 signaling through TIM3 on T cells has been described, less is known about the interaction of galectin-9 with macrophages. We aimed to determine whether galectin-9 is a binding partner of CD206 on macrophages and...
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