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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Notch Signaling in Macrophages in the Context of Cancer Immunity.

Tanapat Palaga, Wipawee Wongchana, Patipark Kueanjinda

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The miRNA-4330/ABCG2 axis overcomes drug resistance and cancer progression in both ER-positive and ER-negative resistant breast cancer cells.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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  5. Current research of the Notch pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  10. Dissection of pro-tumoral macrophage subtypes and immunosuppressive cells participating in M2 polarization.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  16. γ-Secretase fanning the fire of innate immunity.Biochemical Society transactions · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tanapat PalagaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Wipawee WongchanaCenter of Excellence in Immunology and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Patipark KueanjindaCenter of Excellence in Immunology and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chulalongkorn University · THMahidol University · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages play both tumor-suppressing and tumor-promoting roles depending on the microenvironment. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are often associated with poor prognosis in most, but not all cancer. Understanding how macrophages become TAMs and how TAMs interact with tumor cells and shape the outcome of cancer is one of the key areas of interest in cancer therapy research. Notch signaling is involved in macrophage activation and its effector functions. Notch signaling has been indicated to play roles in the regulation of macrophage activation in pro-inflammatory and wound-healing processes. Recent evidence points to the involvement of canonical Notch signaling in the differentiation of TAMs in a breast cancer model. On the other hand, hyperactivation of Notch signaling specifically in macrophages in tumors mass has been shown to suppress tumor growth in an animal model of cancer. Investigations into how Notch signaling is regulated in TAMs and translates into pro- or anti-tumor functions are still largely in their infancy. Therefore, in this review, we summarize the current understanding of the conflicting roles of Notch signaling in regulating the effector function of macrophages and the involvement of Notch signaling in TAM differentiation and function. Furthermore, how Notch signaling in TAMs affects the tumor microenvironment is reviewed. Finally, the direct or indirect cross-talk among TAMs, tumor cells and other cells in the tumor microenvironment

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansImmunity, InnateMacrophagesNeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, NotchmacrophagesmetastasisNotch signalingtumor-associated macrophagestumor immunity

Identifiers

PMID29686671
PMCPMC5900058
OpenAlexW2797724457

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