Partners in Crime: Neutrophil-CTC Collusion in Metastasis.

Partners in Crime: Neutrophil-CTC Collusion in Metastasis. Trends Immunol. 2019 May 14;: Authors: Guo B, Oliver TG Abstract A recent study in Nature (Szczerba et al. 2019;566:553-557) reports that the association of neutrophils with circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of patients with breast cancer can promote CTC proliferation and metastasis. These findings reveal a new mechanism by which the innate immune system may be co-opted to drive tumor progression. PMID: 31101536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Trends in Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Trends Immunol Source Type: research