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Macrophages are exploited from an innate wound healing response to facilitate cancer metastasis.
Nature communications - 27 Jul 2018
Muliaditan Tamara, Caron Jonathan, Okesola Mary, Opzoomer James W, Kosti Paris, Georgouli Mirella, Gordon Peter, Lall Sharanpreet, Kuzeva Desislava M, Pedro Luisa, Shields Jacqueline D, Gillett Cheryl E, Diebold Sandra S, Sanz-Moreno Victoria, Ng Tony, Hoste Esther, Arnold James N
Abstract excerpt
Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in tumour progression, which is facilitated by their ability to respond to environmental cues. Here we report, using murine models of breast cancer, that TAMs expressing fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP) and haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1), which are also found in human breast cancer, represent a macrophage phenotype similar to that observed during the...
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