Publication
Title
Tumor-associated macrophages: a short compendium
Author
Abstract
Macrophages play an important role in tissue development and homeostasis. They serve as a nexus between adaptive and innate immunity, and employ considerable plasticity. In cancer, they play a pivotal role in chronic inflammation and tumor growth either by directly stimulating the proliferation of cancer cells or by producing angiogenic and lymphangiogenic factors. Although numerous immune cells play an important role in the tumor microenvironment, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are by far the most extensively studied. A better understanding of the role of TAMs in mediating chemo- and radiotherapy resistance and suppressing immunosurveillance has led to numerous strategies targeting TAMs as an anticancer therapy either by targeting them directly or by polarizing TAMs toward a tumoricidal phenotype.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Cellular and molecular life sciences. - Basel, 1997, currens
Publication
Basel : Springer basel ag , 2019
ISSN
1420-682X [print]
1420-9071 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S00018-018-2997-3
Volume/pages
76 :8 (2019) , p. 1447-1458
ISI
000462751100001
Pubmed ID
30747250
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Project info
OXYMO: Oxygen sensing in macrophages: implications for cancer and ischemia
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 10.11.2024
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