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Dissecting the anti-tumour effects of trained neutrophils

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Neutrophils exert both pro- and anti-tumour activities. A frequent scenario in cancer is that tumours hijack granulopoiesis resulting in a tumour-promoting neutrophil phenotype. Trained innate immunity indicates that some stimuli can induce, via epigenetic rewiring, long-term functional changes in myeloid cells and their progenitors, leading to an increased reaction upon exposure to a secondary challenge. Here we will dissect how innate immune training of granulopoiesis and neutrophils promotes anti-tumour activity. Our work will establish innate immune training of neutrophils as a novel adjuvant tumour immunotherapy.

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Neutrophils - Biology and Diversity

Maier-Begandt, D.; Alonso-Gonzalez, N.; Klotz, L.; Erpenbeck, L.; Jablonska, J.; Immler, R.; Hasenberg, A.; Mueller, T. T.; Herrero-Cervera, A.; Aranda-Pardos, I.; Flora, K.; Zarbock, A.; Brandau, S.; Schulz, C.; Soehnlein, O.; Steiger, S.; the TRR332 consortium.

2023 Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation