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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2016

The impact of hypoxia on tumor-associated macrophages.

Anne-Theres Henze, Massimiliano Mazzone

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 326 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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326citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

326 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Understanding how hypoxia contributes to liver cancer stem cells maintenance.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anne-Theres Henze
Massimiliano Mazzone

Funding

Worldwide Cancer Research 13-1031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in cancer is often correlated with poor prognosis, even though this statement should be interpreted with care, as the effects of macrophages primarily depend on their localization within the tumor. This versatile cell type orchestrates a broad spectrum of biological functions and exerts very complex and even opposing functions on cell death, immune stimulation or suppression, and angiogenesis, resulting in an overall pro- or antitumoral effect. We are only beginning to understand the environmental cues that contribute to transient retention of macrophages in a specific phenotype. It has become clear that hypoxia shapes and induces specific macrophage phenotypes that serve tumor malignancy, as hypoxia promotes immune evasion, angiogenesis, tumor cell survival, and metastatic dissemination. Additionally, TAMs in the hypoxic niches within the tumor are known to mediate resistance to several anticancer treatments and to promote cancer relapse. Thus, a careful characterization and understanding of this macrophage differentiation state is needed in order to efficiently tailor cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell HypoxiaHumansInflammation MediatorsMacrophagesNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID27482883
PMCPMC5096805

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