Hematopoietic aging promotes cancer by fueling IL-1⍺–driven emergency myelopoiesis

MD Park, J Le Berichel, P Hamon, CM Wilk, M Belabed… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Age is a major risk factor for cancer, but how aging impacts tumor control remains unclear. In
this study, we establish that aging of the immune system, regardless of the age of the stroma …

Extramedullary hematopoiesis in cancer

DAG Barisas, K Choi - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Hematopoiesis can occur outside of the bone marrow during inflammatory stress to increase
the production of primarily myeloid cells at extramedullary sites; this process is known as …

Targeting erythroid progenitor cells for cancer immunotherapy

SR Li, ZZ Wu, HJ Yu, ZJ Sun - International Journal of Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy, especially immune checkpoint blockade therapy, represents a major
milestone in the history of cancer therapy. However, the current response rate to …

Baf155 controls hematopoietic differentiation and regeneration through chromatin priming

J Wu, C Fan, AU Kabir, K Krchma, M Kim, Y Kwon… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Chromatin priming promotes cell-type-specific gene expression, lineage differentiation, and
development. The mechanism of chromatin priming has not been fully understood. Here, we …

New insights on extramedullary granulopoiesis and neutrophil heterogeneity in the spleen and its importance in disease

R Guo, X Xie, Q Ren, PX Liew - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Neutrophils are traditionally viewed as uncomplicated exterminators that arrive quickly at
sites of infection, kill pathogens, and then expire. However, recent studies employing …

[HTML][HTML] Host-derived Interleukin 1α induces an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment via regulating monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation

MRK Raja, G Gupta, G Atkinson, K Kathrein… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor-associated macrophages exhibit high heterogeneity and contribute to the
establishment of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Although …

Dismantling the tumoral cloak of self-protection

MB Willis, KY King - PLoS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Tumors protect themselves from immune clearance by promoting extramedullary
hematopoiesis. A new study in PLOS Biology provides insights into the mechanisms …