Surrounding these epithelial cells is a microenvironment of supporting ... effects on lymphocytes and indirectly by tuning tumor-associated macrophages function.
Tumor cells transform fibroblasts into cancer-associated fibroblasts, which have an important immunosuppressive activity on which growth, invasion, and metastasis depend. These activated fibroblasts ...
The TIME is a dynamic network composed of cancer cells, immune cells, and stromal components. During the early stages of tumorigenesis, the TIME attempts to eliminate abnormal cells through immune ...
In recent years, the tumor microenvironment (TME ... is densely populated by protumoral glioma-associated microglia and macrophages (GAMs),” the researchers found. “Myeloid immune checkpoint ...