Coagulation induced by C3aR-dependent NETosis drives protumorigenic neutrophils during small intestinal tumorigenesis

It is unclear whether cancer-related hypercoagulation and neutrophilia contribute to tumorigenesis. In this study, the authors find that activation of the complement cascade causes hypercoagulation that leads to polarization of neutrophils in a mouse model of intestinal cancer, and show that blockin...

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Main Authors: Silvia Guglietta, Andrea Chiavelli, Elena Zagato, Carsten Krieg, Sara Gandini, Paola Simona Ravenda, Barbara Bazolli, Bao Lu, Giuseppe Penna, Maria Rescigno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11037