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SUBMITTER: Kwiecien I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8641004 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kwiecień Iwona I Rutkowska Elżbieta E Raniszewska Agata A Rzepecki Piotr P Domagała-Kulawik Joanna J
World journal of clinical oncology 20211101 11
Different subpopulations of monocytes and dendritic cells (DCs) may have a key impact on the modulation of the immune response in malignancy. In this review, we summarize the monocyte and DCs heterogeneity and their function in the context of modulating the immune response in cancer. Subgroups of monocytes may play opposing roles in cancer, depending on the tumour growth and progression as well as the type of cancer. Monocytes can have pro-tumour and anti-tumour functions and can also differenti ...[more]