Cancer Cells and M2 Macrophages: Cooperative Invasive Ecosystem Engineers

Many aspects of cancer can be explained utilizing well-defined ecological principles. Applying these principles to cancer, cancer cells are an invasive species to a healthy organ ecosystem. In their capacity as ecosystem engineers, cancer cells release cytokines that recruit monocytes to the tumor a...

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Main Authors: Kayla V. Myers, Kenneth J. Pienta MD, Sarah R. Amend PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-03-01
Series:Cancer Control
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1073274820911058