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ArticleOncoimmunology

TAM macrophages promote growth and metastasis within the cancer ecosystem.

Jelani C Zarif, Russell S Taichman, Kenneth J Pienta

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Article in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Tumor-associated macrophages: a short compendium.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jelani C ZarifThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ; Baltimore, MD USA.
Russell S TaichmanDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine; University of Michigan School of Dentistry ; Ann Arbor, MI USA.
Kenneth J PientaThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ; Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Oncology; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ; Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ; Baltimore, MD USA ; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; The Johns Hopkins University ; Baltimore, MD USA.

Funding

Tumor microvesicle-mediated modulation of the bone microenvironmentP01CA093900 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KELLER, EVAN T · 2004 to 2024
$29.6M
TRANS_NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143803 · NCI · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI AUSTIN, ROBERT H. · 2009 to 2013
$14.2M
Mechanisms That Regulate Dormancy of Disseminated Tumor Cells in the Bone MarrowU54CA163124 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SHIOZAWA, YUSUKE · 2011 to 2015
$3.0M
Reactive Stroma and Tumor Associated Macrophages in Prostate Cancer ProgressionU01CA143055 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PIENTA, KENNETH J., ROWLEY, DAVID R · 2010 to 2014
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA093900NCI NIH HHS U01 CA143055NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143803NCI NIH HHS U54 CA163124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer continues to be the major cause of morbidity and death of more than 500,000 people in the US annually. Alternatively activated macrophages (M2 macrophages or TAMs) can facilitate tumor invasiveness and metastasis. As an invasive species in the tumor microenvironment, they provide an ideal therapeutic target.

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epithelial to mesenchymal transitionmetastasisprostate cancertumor associated macrophages

Identifiers

PMID25954596
PMCPMC4341447

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