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ArticleNature communications2025

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Qiaohua Wang, Yongjian Wu, Yili Long, Rongna Li, Yu Shi, Yanfen Zheng, Xiaohui Chen, Xiang Li, Yihong Zhou, Xi Huang and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Shaping the macrophage landscape in the tumour microenvironment.Central-European journal of immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Qiaohua Wang *Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Yongjian Wu *Centre for Infection and Immunity of Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Imaging, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Yili LongDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Rongna LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Yu ShiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Yanfen ZhengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Xiaohui ChenDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Xiang LiDepartment of Pathology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Yihong ZhouDepartment of Urology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Xi HuangCentre for Infection and Immunity of Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Imaging, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China. huangxi6@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4829-8390
Guanmin JiangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China. jianggm3@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0397-1860

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2023A1515030065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The androgen receptor (AR) usually drives prostate cancer cell growth, yet its role in immune cells such as tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs), remains unclear. We find that macrophages co-expressing AR and triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) exhibiting potent immunosuppressive and tumour-promoting effects. Genetic ablation of TREM2 combined with pharmacological blockade of AR, significantly reduces tumour progression in prostate cancer mouse models. Mechanistically, apolipoprotein E (APOE) in tumour microenvironment (TME) binds to TREM2 on macrophages and promotes AR expression. AR further upregulates transcription expression of Il10, Tgfb1, Il23a, and Ccl2 in macrophages. AR, TREM2, and APOE expression increases in prostate cancer patients and correlates with poor prognosis. In conclusion, these findings indicate an alternative mechanism of tumour immune evasion, supporting the development of immunomodulatory agents targeting AR and TREM2 in TAMs to delay or reverse endocrine therapy resistance or immune checkpoint therapy resistance in prostate cancer.

Indexed as

MacrophagesMembrane GlycoproteinsProstatic NeoplasmsReceptors, AndrogenReceptors, ImmunologicTumor-Associated MacrophagesAnimalsCell Line, TumorDisease ProgressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmune ToleranceMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor MicroenvironmentAR protein, humanMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, AndrogenReceptors, ImmunologicTREM2 protein, humanTrem2 protein, mouse

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PMID40730555
PMCPMC12307935

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