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KMID : 0578320150380020095
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Molecules and Cells
2015 Volume.38 No. 2 p.95 ~ p.104
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Are Macrophages in Tumors Good Targets for Novel Therapeutic Approaches?
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Alahari Samthosh V.
Dong Sheng Li
Alahari Suresh K.
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Abstract
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The development of cancer has been an extensively researched topic over the past few decades. Although great strides have been made in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, there is still much to be learned about cancer’s micro-environmental mechanisms that contribute to cancer formation and aggressiveness. Macrophages, lymphocytes which originate from monocytes, are involved in the inflammatory response and often dispersed to areas of infection to fight harmful antigens and mutated cells in tissues. Macrophages have a plethora of roles including tissue development and repair, immune system functions, and inflammation. We discuss various pathways by which macrophages get activated, various approaches that can regulate the function of macrophages, and how these approaches can be helpful in developing new cancer therapies.
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KEYWORD
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angiogenesis, cancer, invasion, macrophages, microenvironment, migration
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