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SUBMITTER: Allaoui R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5062608 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allaoui Roni R Bergenfelz Caroline C Mohlin Sofie S Hagerling Catharina C Salari Kiarash K Werb Zena Z Anderson Robin L RL Ethier Stephen P SP Jirström Karin K Påhlman Sven S Bexell Daniel D Tahin Balázs B Johansson Martin E ME Larsson Christer C Leandersson Karin K
Nature communications 20161011
Triple-negative (TN) breast cancers (ER<sup>-</sup>PR<sup>-</sup>HER2<sup>-</sup>) are highly metastatic and associated with poor prognosis. Within this subtype, invasive, stroma-rich tumours with infiltration of inflammatory cells are even more aggressive. The effect of myeloid cells on reactive stroma formation in TN breast cancer is largely unknown. Here, we show that primary human monocytes have a survival advantage, proliferate in vivo and develop into immunosuppressive myeloid cells expres ...[more]