The homeobox protein VentX reverts immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment

Tumour associated macrophages (TAMs) polarize into either pro-tumor or anti-tumor phenotypes. Here the authors show that the homeobox protein VentX is downregulated in clinical samples of colorectal cancer and regulates TAMs plasticity with its forced re-expression converting TAMs into an anti-tumor...

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Main Authors: Yi Le, Hong Gao, Ronald Bleday, Zhenglun Zhu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/50f5deb710e74a73b6d6cb944337822f
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