Tissue-resident and recruited macrophages in primary tumor and metastatic microenvironments: potential targets in cancer therapy

T Cotechini, A Atallah, A Grossman - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Macrophages within solid tumors and metastatic sites are heterogenous populations with
different developmental origins and substantially contribute to tumor progression. A number …

Macrophages: key orchestrators of a tumor microenvironment defined by therapeutic resistance

KB Long, AI Collier, GL Beatty - Molecular immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Macrophages have emerged as promising therapeutic targets in cancer. Within tumor tissue,
macrophages foster tumor development, invasion, and metastasis. As the phenotype of …

Targeting tumor-infiltrating macrophages to combat cancer

RZ Panni, DC Linehan, DG DeNardo - Immunotherapy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Tumor-associated macrophages are one of the major constituents of tumor stroma in many
solid tumors and there is compelling preclinical and clinical evidence that macrophages …

Ontogeny of tumor-associated macrophages and its implication in cancer regulation

RA Franklin, MO Li - Trends in cancer, 2016 - cell.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells with evolutionarily conserved functions in tissue
maintenance and host defense. As such, macrophages are among the first hematopoietic …

Bringing macrophages to the frontline against cancer: Current immunotherapies targeting macrophages

M Reis-Sobreiro, A Teixeira da Mota, C Jardim, K Serre - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Macrophages are found in all tissues and display outstanding functional diversity. From
embryo to birth and throughout adult life, they play critical roles in development …

Macrophages: the road less traveled, changing anticancer therapy

JL Guerriero - Trends in molecular medicine, 2018 - cell.com
Macrophages are present in all vertebrate tissues and have emerged as multifarious cells
with complex roles in development, tissue homeostasis, and disease. Macrophages are a …

Redirecting macrophage function to sustain their “defender” antitumor activity

SL Tzetzo, SI Abrams - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Macrophages are multi-functional innate immune cells that occupy normal or pathologic
tissues, including cancer tissues. The importance of macrophage ontogeny and the …

Tumor-associated macrophages: from mechanisms to therapy

R Noy, JW Pollard - Immunity, 2014 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment is a complex ecology of cells that evolves with and provides
support to tumor cells during the transition to malignancy. Among the innate and adaptive …

Identification and manipulation of tumor associated macrophages in human cancers

M Heusinkveld, SH van Der Burg - Journal of translational medicine, 2011 - Springer
Evading immune destruction and tumor promoting inflammation are important hallmarks in
the development of cancer. Macrophages are present in most human tumors and are often …

Mechanisms of macrophage plasticity in the tumor environment: manipulating activation state to improve outcomes

TD Ricketts, N Prieto-Dominguez, PS Gowda… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are a specialized class of innate immune cells with multifaceted roles in
modulation of the inflammatory response, homeostasis, and wound healing. While …