Macrophages in Tumor Microenvironments and the Progression of Tumors

Macrophages are widely distributed innate immune cells that play indispensable roles in the innate and adaptive immune response to pathogens and in-tissue homeostasis. Macrophages can be activated by a variety of stimuli and polarized to functionally different phenotypes. Two distinct subsets of mac...

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Main Authors: Ning-Bo Hao, Mu-Han Lü, Ya-Han Fan, Ya-Ling Cao, Zhi-Ren Zhang, Shi-Ming Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/948098