ERC Starting Grant · 2017
Dissecting Cross-Regulatory Interplays in Tumor-Associated Macrophages
Macrophages are specialized innate immune cells with central roles in homeostasis and disease. Upon exposure to micro-environmental stimuli, these cells can adopt a variety of phenotypes ranging from immune stimulation and cytotoxicity to immune suppression and tissue repair. Dynamic transitions between these functional properties in response to tumor signals is thought to underlie the generally pathogenic role of macrophages in cancer. At the same time, macrophage plasticity could be exploited to therapeutically reprogram the phenotype of these cells by pharmacological, cell and gene therapy approaches. Current models of macrophage activation are based on in-depth analyses of the effect of…
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