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ArticleBlood advances2021

The microenvironment of DLBCL is characterized by noncanonical macrophages recruited by tumor-derived CCL5.

Benoît Manfroi, Maria De Grandis, Jérôme Moreaux, Sébastien Tabruyn, Jean-François Mayol, Mélanie Quintero, Christian Righini, Nathalie Sturm, Michel Aurrand-Lions, Bertrand Huard

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Article in Blood advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Benoît ManfroiInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble-Alpes, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), La Tronche, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4105-4684
Maria De GrandisEtablissement Français du Sang Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse, Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
Jérôme MoreauxDepartment of Biological Hematology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5717-3207
Sébastien TabruynTranscure Biosciences, Biopark, Archamps, France.
Jean-François MayolTranscure Biosciences, Biopark, Archamps, France.
Mélanie QuinteroInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble-Alpes, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), La Tronche, France.
Christian RighiniHead and Neck Department.
Nathalie SturmInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble-Alpes, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), La Tronche, France.
Michel Aurrand-LionsCentre de Cancérologie de Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8361-3034
Bertrand HuardInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, University Grenoble-Alpes, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), La Tronche, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1358-6576
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRAix-Marseille Université · FRTransCure BioServices (France) · FRUniversité de Montpellier · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue invasion by tumor cells induces a host inflammatory response that variably impacts tumorigenesis. This has been well documented for tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) that could play a pro/M2- or an anti/M1-tumoral function. TAMs frequently infiltrate diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), an aggressive neoplasm arising from germinal center-experienced B cells. However, the pathway leading to the presence of TAMs in DLBCL remains unknown, and their impact is unclear. Here, we show that some DLBCL tumor cells expressed the chemokine CCL5, enabling the differential recruitment of blood monocytes through their expression of CCR1 and CCR5. CCL5 expression by DLBCL was not related to molecular subtypes, and healthy tonsillar B cells did not produce this chemokine, implying a posttransformation event. A single-cell analysis revealed that most DLBCL TAMs had a noncanonical gene signature with the concomitant expression of M1 and M2 genes. The presence of noncanonical TAMs may explain the lack of impact of macrophages on DLBCL development reported in some survival studies.

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Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseChemokine CCL5Germinal CenterHumansLeukocyte CountMacrophagesMonocytesTumor MicroenvironmentCCL5 protein, humanChemokine CCL5

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PMID34516642
PMCPMC8579261
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