Timing and location dictate monocyte fate and their transition to tumor-associated macrophages.
Sci Immunol
; 9(97): eadk3981, 2024 Jul 26.
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ABSTRACT
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a heterogeneous population of cells whose phenotypes and functions are shaped by factors that are incompletely understood. Herein, we asked when and where TAMs arise from blood monocytes and how they evolve during tumor development. We initiated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in inducible monocyte fate-mapping mice and combined single-cell transcriptomics and high-dimensional flow cytometry to profile the monocyte-to-TAM transition. We revealed that monocytes differentiate first into a transient intermediate population of TAMs that generates two longer-lived lineages of terminally differentiated TAMs with distinct gene expression profiles, phenotypes, and intratumoral localization. Transcriptome datasets and tumor samples from patients with PDAC evidenced parallel TAM populations in humans and their prognostic associations. These insights will support the design of new therapeutic strategies targeting TAMs in PDAC.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Monocitos
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Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático
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Macrófagos Asociados a Tumores
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Sci Immunol
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos