The tumour microenvironment creates a niche for the self-renewal of tumour-promoting macrophages in colon adenoma

Autor: Irene Soncin, Jianpeng Sheng, Qi Chen, Shihui Foo, Kaibo Duan, Josephine Lum, Michael Poidinger, Francesca Zolezzi, Klaus Karjalainen, Christiane Ruedl
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02834-8
Popis: Tissue-resident F4/80hi macrophages can be found both in normal gut as well as in intestinal tumours. Here the authors show that in the colon these macrophages are CCR2-dependent, while in tumours they gain the ability to self-renew, relying on CSF1 and promoting cancer progression.
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