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SUBMITTER: Baay M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3227419 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baay Marc M Brouwer Anja A Pauwels Patrick P Peeters Marc M Lardon Filip F
Clinical & developmental immunology 20111117
Inflammatory pathways, meant to defend the organism against infection and injury, as a byproduct, can promote an environment which favors tumor growth and metastasis. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), which constitute a significant part of the tumor-infiltrating immune cells, have been linked to the growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis of a variety of cancers, most likely through polarization of TAMs to the M2 (alternative) phenotype. The interaction between tumor cells and macrophages provid ...[more]