Tumor‑associated macrophages in lung cancer: Friendly or evil? (Review)

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Macrophages and Therapeutic Resistance in Cancer

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Akt Signaling Pathway in Macrophage Activation and M1/M2 Polarization

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Targeting Tumor-Infiltrating Macrophages Decreases Tumor-Initiating Cells, Relieves Immunosuppression, and Improves Chemotherapeutic Responses

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Macrophages impede CD8 T cells from reaching tumor cells and limit the efficacy of anti–PD-1 treatment

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Tumor-Associated Macrophages Express Lymphatic Endothelial Growth Factors and Are Related to Peritumoral Lymphangiogenesis

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Targeting of tumour-infiltrating macrophages via CCL2/CCR2 signalling as a therapeutic strategy against hepatocellular carcinoma

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A distinct and unique transcriptional program expressed by tumor-associated macrophages (defective NF- B and enhanced IRF-3/STAT1 activation)

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Ginseng-derived nanoparticles alter macrophage polarization to inhibit melanoma growth

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Perivascular M2 Macrophages Stimulate Tumor Relapse after Chemotherapy

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Relation of hypoxia inducible factor 1α and 2α in operable non-small cell lung cancer to angiogenic/molecular profile of tumours and survival

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Alternatively activated (M2) macrophages promote tumour growth and invasiveness in hepatocellular carcinoma

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The M1 form of tumor-associated macrophages in non-small cell lung cancer is positively associated with survival time

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Tumor Hypoxia Does Not Drive Differentiation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages but Rather Fine-Tunes the M2-like Macrophage Population

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Macrophage and Mast-Cell Invasion of Tumor Cell Islets Confers a Marked Survival Advantage in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Gastric cancer-derived mesenchymal stromal cells trigger M2 macrophage polarization that promotes metastasis and EMT in gastric cancer

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Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Breast Cancer

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Chemotherapy Alters Monocyte Differentiation to Favor Generation of Cancer-Supporting M2 Macrophages in the Tumor Microenvironment

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Tumor promoting role of anti-tumor macrophages in tumor microenvironment

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Up-regulation of tumor interleukin-8 expression by infiltrating macrophages: its correlation with tumor angiogenesis and patient survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

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Macrophages within NSCLC tumour islets are predominantly of a cytotoxic M1 phenotype associated with extended survival

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IL-12 Rapidly Alters the Functional Profile of Tumor-Associated and Tumor-Infiltrating Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo

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CCL5 derived from tumor-associated macrophages promotes prostate cancer stem cells and metastasis via activating β-catenin/STAT3 signaling

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Tumor‐associated macrophages exhibit pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory properties by which they impact on pancreatic tumorigenesis

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Interleukin 6 induces M2 macrophage differentiation by STAT3 activation that correlates with gastric cancer progression

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Size dependent macrophage responses and toxicological effects of Ag nanoparticles

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Colony-Stimulating Factor-1 Antibody Reverses Chemoresistance in Human MCF-7 Breast Cancer Xenografts

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Fra-1 protooncogene regulates IL-6 expression in macrophages and promotes the generation of M2d macrophages

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Cancers with Higher Density of Tumor-Associated Macrophages Were Associated with Poor Survival Rates

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Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase in human ovarian tumors and tumor-associated macrophages.

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Reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages by targeting β-catenin/FOSL2/ARID5A signaling: A potential treatment of lung cancer

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M2-Polarized tumor-associated macrophages are associated with poor prognoses resulting from accelerated lymphangiogenesis in lung adenocarcinoma

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Tumor-associated macrophages provide a suitable microenvironment for non-small lung cancer invasion and progression

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Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophages Contribute to the Premetastatic Niche by Suppressing Antitumor T Cell Responses in the Lungs

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Macrophage-derived CCL22 promotes an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment via IL-8 in malignant pleural effusion

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Targeting Tumors with IL-10 Prevents Dendritic Cell-Mediated CD8+ T Cell Apoptosis

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STAT6 Upregulation Promotes M2 Macrophage Polarization to Suppress Atherosclerosis

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Blockade of Notch1 Signaling Alleviates Murine Lupus via Blunting Macrophage Activation and M2b Polarization

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IL‐10 derived from M2 macrophage promotes cancer stemness via JAK1/STAT1/NF‐κB/Notch1 pathway in non‐small cell lung cancer

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Therapeutic targeting of macrophages enhances chemotherapy efficacy by unleashing type I interferon response

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TGF-β enhances macrophage ability to produce IL-10 in normal and tumor-bearing mice

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M2 tumor‑associated macrophages promote tumor progression in non‑small‑cell lung cancer

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The number and microlocalization of tumor-associated immune cells are associated with patient's survival time in non-small cell lung cancer

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Adenosine augments IL-10-induced STAT3 signaling in M2c macrophages

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M2 macrophage infiltration into tumor islets leads to poor prognosis in non-small-cell lung cancer

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High infiltration of tumor‐associated macrophages is associated with a poor response to chemotherapy and poor prognosis of patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

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Increased IL-10 mRNA expression in tumor-associated macrophage correlated with late stage of lung cancer

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Macrophages induce EMT to promote invasion of lung cancer cells through the IL-6-mediated COX-2/PGE2/β-catenin signalling pathway

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Tumor hypoxia enhances non-small cell lung cancer metastasis by selectively promoting macrophage M2 polarization through the activation of ERK signaling

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Macrophages limit chemotherapy

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Hydroxychloroquine induced lung cancer suppression by enhancing chemo-sensitization and promoting the transition of M2-TAMs to M1-like macrophages

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Essential role of interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) in immune cell development

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DACH1 antagonizes CXCL8 to repress tumorigenesis of lung adenocarcinoma and improve prognosis

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Tumor-associated macrophages promote tumor metastasis via the TGF-β/SOX9 axis in non-small cell lung cancer

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Mechanisms by which tumor cells and monocytes expressing the angiogenic factor thymidine phosphorylase mediate human endothelial cell migration.

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Noninvasive Imaging of CD206-Positive M2 Macrophages as an Early Biomarker for Post-Chemotherapy Tumor Relapse and Lymph Node Metastasis

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PD-L1 expression on tumor-infiltrating immune cells is highly associated with M2 TAM and aggressive malignant potential in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer

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RANKL-induced CCL22/macrophage-derived chemokine produced from osteoclasts potentially promotes the bone metastasis of lung cancer expressing its receptor CCR4

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Production of CCL 20 from lung cancer cells induces the cell migration and proliferation through PI 3K pathway

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Identification of α‐Mangostin as an Agonist of Human STING

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Dendrosomal Curcumin Suppresses Metastatic Breast Cancer in Mice by Changing M1/M2 Macrophage Balance in the Tumor Microenvironment

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Resolvin D1 inhibits TGF-β1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition of A549 lung cancer cells via lipoxin A4 receptor/formyl peptide receptor 2 and GPR32

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Multifunctional biomimetic nanoparticles loading baicalin for polarizing tumor-associated macrophages

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Enhanced invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells after co-culture with THP-1-derived macrophages via the induction of EMT by IL-6

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Prognostic Impact of CD204-Positive Macrophages in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Possible Contribution of Cd204-Positive Macrophages to the Tumor-Promoting Microenvironment

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A randomised controlled phase II trial of pre-operative celecoxib treatment reveals anti-tumour transcriptional response in primary breast cancer

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Leptin promotes migration and invasion of breast cancer cells by stimulating IL-8 production in M2 macrophages

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The effect of environmental cues on the differentiation of myofibroblasts in peritoneal granulation tissue

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IL-6 Mediates Macrophage Infiltration after Irradiation via Up-regulation of CCL2/CCL5 in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

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CCL18 secreted from M2 macrophages promotes migration and invasion via the PI3K/Akt pathway in gallbladder cancer

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CC chemokine ligand 18(CCL18) promotes migration and invasion of lung cancer cells by binding to Nir1 through Nir1‐ELMO1/DOC180 signaling pathway

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Additional file 3 of A positive feedback loop between gastric cancer cells and tumor-associated macrophage induces malignancy progression

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Additional file 2 of A positive feedback loop between gastric cancer cells and tumor-associated macrophage induces malignancy progression

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Additional file 1 of A positive feedback loop between gastric cancer cells and tumor-associated macrophage induces malignancy progression

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Additional file 4 of A positive feedback loop between gastric cancer cells and tumor-associated macrophage induces malignancy progression

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