IL-1β derived from mixed-polarized macrophages activates fibroblasts and synergistically forms a cancer-promoting microenvironment.
Jun ZhangLingfeng FuNoriko Yasuda-YoshiharaAtsuko YonemuraFeng WeiLuke BuXichen HuTakahiko AkiyamaFumimasa KitamuraTadahito YasudaTakashi SembaTomoyuki UchiharaRumi ItoyamaKohei YamashitaKojiro EtoShiro IwagamiMasakazu YashiroYoshihiro KomoharaHideo BabaTakatsugu IshimotoPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2022)
These findings demonstrated that mixed-polarized macrophages exist as a novel subtype through the reciprocal interaction between DGC cells and nonmalignant cells.