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Inorganic material based macrophage regulation for cancer therapy: basic concepts and recent advances.
Biomaterials science - 7 Jul 2021
Zhao Ruibo, Cao Jinping, Yang Xinyan, Zhang Quan, Iqbal Muhammad Zubair, Lu Jiaju, Kong Xiangdong
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Macrophages with the M1 phenotype are a type of immune cell with exciting prospects for cancer therapy; however, when these macrophages infiltrate into tumours, many of them are induced by the tumour microenvironment to transform into the M2 type, which can enable tumour defence against external therapeutic strategies, assisting in tumour development. Macrophages have strong plasticity and functional...
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