Tumor cell-imposed iron restriction drives immunosuppressive polarization of tumor-associated macrophages.
Jia-Lei SunNing-Ping ZhangRu-Chen XuGuang-Cong ZhangZhi-Yong LiuWeinire AbuduwailiFu WangXiang-Nan YuXuan ShiGuang-Qi SongHao WuTao-Tao LiuXi-Zhong ShenBin DengShu-Qiang WengLing DongJi-Min ZhuPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2021)
Collectively, we identified iron starvation through TFRC-mediated iron competition drives functional immunosuppressive polarization of TAM, providing new insight into the interconnection between iron metabolism and tumor immunity.