Open AccessThe hypothesis of tumor-associated macrophages mediating semi-phagocytosis of cancer cells in distant metastasis
Author(s) -
Tingpei Ye,
Junjiang Liu,
Wei Zhao,
Shengtao Gao,
Shimeng Wang,
Fanglong Wu,
Hongmei Zhou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.857
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1744-8301
pISSN - 1479-6694
DOI - 10.2217/fon-2020-1101
Subject(s) - phagocytosis , metastasis , cancer , medicine , macrophage , cancer cell , cancer metastasis , tumor cells , blocking (statistics) , cancer research , immunology , biology , in vitro , computer science , computer network , biochemistry
Tweetable abstract Tumor-associated macrophages might promote the distant metastasis of tumor cells by semi-phagocytosis. The authors propose that this newly discovered process occurs in tumor-associated macrophages and may lead to a novel approach for blocking cancer metastasis.