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Immunotherapy Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages.

ABSTRACT: Macrophages are phagocytic cells that play a broad role in maintaining body homeostasis and defense against foreign pathogens; whereas tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) support tumor growth and metastasis by promoting cancer cell proliferation and invasion, immunosuppression, and angiogenesis, which is closely related to the poor prognosis in almost all solid tumors. Hence, deep-insight knowledge into TAMs can provide an opportunity to discover more effective strategies for cancer therapeutics. So far, a large number of therapeutic agents targeting TAMs are in clinical trials. In this review, we introduce an extensive overview about macrophages and macrophage-targeting agents.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7674960 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Immunotherapy Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages.

Liu Yafei Y Wang Rongsi R

Frontiers in medicine 20201105

Macrophages are phagocytic cells that play a broad role in maintaining body homeostasis and defense against foreign pathogens; whereas tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) support tumor growth and metastasis by promoting cancer cell proliferation and invasion, immunosuppression, and angiogenesis, which is closely related to the poor prognosis in almost all solid tumors. Hence, deep-insight knowledge into TAMs can provide an opportunity to discover more effective strategies for cancer therapeutics ...[more]

PMID: 33251232

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