Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Trends Immunol. 2022 Jul;43(7):546-563. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2022.04.008. Epub 2022 Jun 9.
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) have multiple potent functions in cancer and, thus, represent important therapeutic targets. These diverse functions highlight the heterogenous nature of TAMs. Recent single cell omics technologies have significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular diversity of TAMs. However, a unifying nomenclature of TAM diversity and annotation of their molecular signatures is lacking. Here, we review recent major studies of single cell transcriptome, epigenome, metabolome, and spatial omics of cancer with a specific focus on TAMs. We also propose a consensus model of TAM diversity and present avenues for future research.
肿瘤相关巨噬细胞(TAMs)在癌症中有多种强大的功能,因此是重要的治疗靶点。这些不同的功能突出了 TAMs 的异质性。最近的单细胞组学技术极大地促进了我们对 TAMs 分子多样性的理解。然而,TAM 多样性的统一命名法和分子特征的注释仍然缺乏。在这里,我们综述了最近关于癌症单细胞转录组、表观基因组、代谢组和空间组学的主要研究,特别关注 TAMs。我们还提出了 TAM 多样性的共识模型,并为未来的研究提供了途径。
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