ArticleNature immunology2025
The heterogeneity of neutrophils in cancer and its implication for therapeutic targeting.
Article in Nature immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.
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- Harnessing myeloid cell plasticity for cancer therapy.Nature cancer · 2026Review
- Quantifying the Dual Effect of Antitumor and Pro-Tumor Human Neutrophils on Natural Killer Cell Behaviors in a Microphysiological System.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2026Article
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- AKR1B10 reprograms neutrophils by histone lactylation to foster immune evasion in KRASJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Article
- The evolving role of the immune microenvironment of tumor draining lymph nodes in the development of biomarkers of non-small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Physiological, patho-physiological, and potential therapeutic roles for neutrophils in cancer & beyond.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- From bone marrow to the tumor microenvironment: how neutrophil maturation shapes cancer immunity.Cancer biology & medicine · 2025Article
- Hypoxia-induced EGR1 remodels neutrophils to suppress antitumor immunity.Science immunology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Neutrophils have a pivotal role in safeguarding the host against pathogens and facilitating tissue remodeling. They possess a large array of tools essential for executing these functions. Neutrophils have a critical role in cancer, where they are largely associated with negative clinical outcome and resistance to therapy. However, the specific role of neutrophils in cancer is complex and controversial, owing to their high functional diversity and acute sensitivity to the microenvironment. In this Perspective, we discuss the accumulated evidence that suggests that the functional diversity of neutrophils can be ascribed to two principal functional states, each with distinct characteristics: classically activated neutrophils and pathologically activated immunosuppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cells. We discuss how the antimicrobial factors in neutrophils can contribute to tumor progression and the fundamental mechanisms that govern the pathologically activated myeloid-derived suppressor cells. These functional states play divergent roles in cancer and thus require separate consideration in therapeutic targeting.
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