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ArticleCancer cell2026

Tumor-initiating stem cells fine-tune the plasticity of neutrophils to sculpt a protective niche.

Weijie Guo, Jingyun Luan, Xuejie Huang, Daniel Leon, Sophie Gang, Benjamin Nicholson, Breanna Bertacchi, Diana Bolotin, Mark W Lingen, Alexander T Pearson and 10 more

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Article in Cancer cell, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Leveraging Microphysiological Systems to Facilitate Neutrophil-Based Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Weijie GuoBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Jingyun LuanBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Xuejie HuangBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Daniel LeonBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Sophie GangBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Benjamin NicholsonBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Breanna BertacchiDepartment of Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Diana BolotinDepartment of Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Mark W LingenDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Alexander T PearsonDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, Chicago, IL 60642, USA.
Evgeny IzumchenkoDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Ari J RosenbergDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Nishant AgrawalDepartment of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Everett E VokesDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Siwakorn PunyawatthananukoolDepartment of Drug Discovery Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
Shuh NarumiyaDepartment of Drug Discovery Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Matthias GunzerInstitute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
Iván BallesterosCardiovascular Regeneration Program, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28903 Madrid, Spain.
Andrés HidalgoVascular Biology and Therapeutics Program and Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
Yuxuan MiaoBen May Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: miaoy@uchicago.edu.

Funding

VIRAL ONCOLOGY CORE FACILITYP30CA014599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KUNLE ODUNSI · 1985 to 2026
$122.1M
Dissecting the Sox2-orchestrated transcriptional network that governs immune resistance in tumor initiating cellsR01CA285786 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Yuxuan Phoenix Miao · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
Dissecting Stem Cell Intrinsic Signaling Driving Tumor Relapse from ImmunotherapyR00CA237859 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MIAO, YUXUAN PHOENIX · 2020 to 2022
$747k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014599NCI NIH HHS R00 CA237859NCI NIH HHS R01 CA285786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heterogeneous nature of tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) has been recognized, but how different cell states of TANs emerge, evolve, distribute, and impact cancer immunotherapy efficacy remain elusive. Using single-cell RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, and genetic manipulations, we show that anti-PDL1 + CD40 agonist immunotherapy can induce interferon responses in TANs, allowing them to regain anti-tumor activities in squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). In contrast, TANs residing at the tumor-stroma interface can preserve their immune-suppressive state. Importantly, we identify a group of SOX2

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellCell PlasticityNeoplastic Stem CellsNeutrophilsAnimalsB7-H1 AntigenDinoprostoneHumansImmunotherapyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSOXB1 Transcription FactorsTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 AntigenDinoprostoneSOXB1 Transcription Factorsarachidonic acidcancer relapseFads1immunotherapyinterferon responseprostaglandin E2Sox2squamous cell carcinomatumor-associated neutrophilstumor-initiaiting stem cells

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PMID41349542
PMCPMC12700342

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