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Macrophage Differentiation and Polarization into an M2-Like Phenotype using a Human Monocyte-Like THP-1 Leukemia Cell Line.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 2 Aug 2021
Scheurlen Katharina M, Snook Dylan L, Gardner Sarah A, Eichenberger Maurice R, Galandiuk Susan
Abstract excerpt
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) can switch their expression and cytokine profile according to external stimuli. This remarkable plasticity enables TAM to adapt to ongoing changes within the tumor microenvironment. Macrophages can have either primarily pro-inflammatory (M1-like) or anti-inflammatory (M2-like) attributes and can continually switch between these two main states. M2-like macrophages within the...
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