PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 130-134.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2018.02.008

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Research progress of autophagy-mediated regulation of tumor associated macrophages

ZHANG Pei, CAO Shoubo, YU Yan   

  1. Department of Oncology,Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2017-11-10 Online:2018-04-28 Published:2018-05-09

Abstract: Tumor cells,and a variety of stromal cells,immune cells and cytokines constitute a complex tumor microenvironment.Among them,tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs)are one of the most important stromal cells in microenvironment and actively participate in tumor growth,invasion and metastasis.Autophagic activity not only plays a key role in the cellular stress response and maintaining the stability of the internal environment,but it also is closely associated with tumor,involving in the generation and recruitment of TAMs precursor cells in the tumor microenvironment and the important regulatory steps of polarization of the precursor cells to TAMs.The study of autophagy-mediated control of TAMs is conducive to a more comprehensive understanding of the tumor micro-environment in the complex regulatory network system,and may open a new situation in cancer treatment.

Key words: Autophagy, Tumor associated macrophages, Tumor microenvironment

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