Quail Daniela F, Joyce Johanna A
Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Goodman Cancer Research Centre, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Feb 15;23(4):876-884. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-0133. Epub 2016 Nov 28.
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a major cellular component of numerous tumor types. TAM-targeted therapies include depletion strategies, inhibiting their effector functions or reprogramming toward an antitumorigenic phenotype, with varying degrees of efficacy. Here, we review preclinical and clinical strategies to target macrophages in cancer and discuss potential explanations for why some strategies are effective while other approaches have shown limited success. .
肿瘤相关巨噬细胞(TAM)是多种肿瘤类型的主要细胞成分。针对TAM的治疗方法包括清除策略、抑制其效应功能或重编程为抗肿瘤表型,疗效各不相同。在此,我们综述了针对癌症中巨噬细胞的临床前和临床策略,并讨论了为何某些策略有效而其他方法却成效有限的潜在原因。