Dissecting the autocrine and paracrine roles of the CCR2-CCL2 axis in tumor survival and angiogenesis.

The CCL2 CCR2 axis is likely to contributes to the development and progression of cancer diseases by two major mechanisms; autocrine effect of CCL2 as a survival/growth factor for CCR2+ cancer cells and, the attraction of CCR2+ CX₃CR1+tumor associated macrophages that in the absence of CCR2 hardly m...

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Main Authors: Liat Izhak, Gizi Wildbaum, Steffen Jung, Avi Stein, Yuval Shaked, Nathan Karin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3261135?pdf=render