Metabolic Symbiosis and Immunomodulation: How Tumor Cell-Derived Lactate May Disturb Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed by cellular and non-cellular components. Examples include the following: (i) bone marrow-derived inflammatory cells, (ii) fibroblasts, (iii) blood vessels, (iv) immune cells, and (v) extracellular matrix components. In most cases, this combination of comp...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Morrot, Leonardo Marques da Fonseca, Eduardo J. Salustiano, Luciana Boffoni Gentile, Luciana Conde, Alessandra Almeida Filardy, Tatiany Nunes Franklim, Kelli Monteiro da Costa, Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00081/full