Et tu neutrophils? The brain reprograms neutrophils to facilitate tumor progression.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ross, James L.; Hambardzumyan, Dolores
- Source
- Immunity (10747613). Nov2023, Vol. 56 Issue 11, p2469-2471. 3p.
- Subject
- *BRAIN tumors
*NEUTROPHILS
*CANCER invasiveness
- Language
- ISSN
- 1074-7613
Neutrophils have remained understudied in malignant brain tumors. In a recent issue of Cell , Maas et al. analyze brain tumor-patient samples and demonstrate that the brain microenvironment reprograms infiltrating neutrophils to enhance their longevity and increase their immune-suppressive and pro-angiogenic properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]