Recruitment of myeloid cells to the tumor microenvironment supports liver metastasis.

Lim SY., Gordon-Weeks AN., Zhao L., Tapmeier TT., Im JH., Cao Y., Beech J., Allen D., Smart S., Muschel RJ.

Tumor-infiltrating immune cells play important roles in metastasis. We have recently revealed the recruitment of a specific myeloid cell subset (CD11b/Gr1mid) to hepatic metastases. Such a recruitment relies on CCL2/CCR2 signaling and acts to sustain metastatic growth. A similar cell subset was identified in patients bearing hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer, highlighting the potential therapeutic relevance of our findings.

DOI

10.4161/onci.23187

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2013-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

2

Keywords

CCL2, colon cancer, liver metastasis, myeloid cell recruitment

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