Lactic acid-induced M2-like macrophages facilitate tumor cell migration and invasion via the GPNMB/CD44 axis in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Ying Lin, Ying Qi, Mingjing Jiang, Wei Huang, Bo Li
Topics & Concepts
CD44Tumor microenvironmentCancer researchMacrophage polarizationMetastasisBiologyParacrine signallingPI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayTumor progressionMacrophageCell migrationCellCancerCell biologySignal transductionReceptorIn vitroTumor cellsGeneticsBiochemistryCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismImmune cells in cancerEpigenetics and DNA Methylation