It is unclear how tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to the initiation of oncogenesis and how they are regulated at the molecular level. By using a lineage-specific deletion strategy, we found that heat shock protein 90kDa β (Grp94), member 1 (HSP90B1), a master chaperone for Toll-like receptors and integrins also known as GP96, critically endows TAMs with the ability to promote gen...

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a central role in tumor progression, metastasis, and recurrence after treatment. Macrophage plasticity and diversity allow their classification along a M1-M2 polarization axis. Tumor-associated macrophages usually display a M2-like phenotype, associated with pro-tumoral features whereas M1 macrophages exert antitumor functions. Targeting the reprogrammin...

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are key components of the tumor microenvironment in non-medullary thyroid cancer (TC), the most common endocrine malignancy. However, little is known regarding the regulation of their function in TC. Transcriptome analysis in a model of TC-induced macrophages identified increased inflammatory characteristics and rewiring of cell metabolism as key functional c...

Abstract BACKGROUND Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive and highly fatal brain cancer in adults. Existing treatment methods are ineffective we need of new treatments that extend the overall survival improve quality-of-life. Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) proteins enable cells to communicate with one another surrounding environment. Intracellular molecule 1 (ICAM1) a CAM expressed by TAMs GBM. T...

Abstract PD-1- and PD-L1-targeted immune checkpoint blockade therapy has shown great clinical potential. Unfortunately, this been ineffective in a majority of patients bearing solid tumors due to the highly immunosuppressive nature tumor microenvironment. As macrophages compose most abundant myeloid cell subset within tumor, current macrophage-targeted treatments aim deplete reduce suppression....

Bmi1 is overexpressed in a variety of human cancers including gastrointestinal cancer. The high expression level of Bmi1 protein is associated with poor prognosis of gastrointestinal cancer patients. On the other hand, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis by producing various mediators in the tumor microenvironment. The aim of this study was t...

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a unique subset of cells within tumors with stemlike properties that have been proposed to be key drivers of tumor initiation and progression. CSCs are functionally defined by their unlimited self-renewal capacity and their ability to initiate tumor formation in vivo. Like normal stem cells, CSCs exist in a cellular niche comprised of numerous cell types including t...

A tumor promoting role of macrophages has been described for a transgenic murine breast cancer model. In this model tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) represent a major component of the leukocytic infiltrate and are associated with tumor progression. Shigella flexneri is a bacterial pathogen known to specificly induce apotosis in macrophages. To evaluate whether Shigella-induced removal of mac...

It is now well recognized that myeloid cells of the innate immunity infiltrating the tumor micro-environment, instead of halting tumor progression, favour the proliferation of tumor cells and their invasive ability. In particular, macrophages represent the most abundant leukocyte population recruited at tumor sites, from early stages till the occurrence of metastasis. Tumor-Associated Macrophag...

Tumor resistance is a major hurdle to anti-Her2/neu Ab-based cancer therapy. Current strategies to overcome tumor resistance focus on tumor cell-intrinsic resistance. However, the extrinsic mechanisms, especially the tumor microenvironment, also play important roles in modulating the therapeutic response and resistance of the Ab. In this study, we demonstrate that tumor progression is highly as...