Coculturing liver cancer cells and monocytes in spheroids conditions monocytes to adopt tumor-associated macrophage phenotypes that favor tumor growth via cholesterol metabolism.

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Tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their crosstalk with cancer cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) play a crucial role in shaping tumor progression and response to therapy. We utilized 3-dimensional liver cancer spheroids incorporating human primary monocytes to investigate the crosstalk between tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, HepG2 and PLC/PRF/5. Using...

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