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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2018

Active Role of the Necrotic Zone in Desensitization of Hypoxic Macrophages and Regulation of CSC-Fate: A hypothesis.

Maryam Mehrabi, Fatemeh Amini, Shima Mehrabi

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Necrosis in the Tumor Microenvironment and Its Role in Cancer Recurrence.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maryam MehrabiIndependent Researcher, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Fatemeh AminiInstitute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Shima MehrabiInternal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fast-proliferating cancer cells in the hypoxic region face a shortage of oxygen and nutrients, undergo necrotic cell death, and release numerous signaling components. Hypoxia-induced chemo-attractants signal for macrophages/monocytes to clear debris and return the system to steady state. Accordingly, macrophages arrange into pre-necrotic positions, where they are continuously exposed to stress signals. It can thus be hypothesized that gradual alteration of gene expression in macrophages eventually turns off their phagocytic machinery. Uncleared cell corpses within the hypoxic region potentially provide a rich source of building blocks for anaerobic metabolism of cancer stem cells

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anaerobic metabolismcancer stem cellsmacropinocytosisnecrotic zonesolid tumorstumor-associated macrophages

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PMID29988496
PMCPMC6026632

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