The prognostic implications of macrophages expressing proliferating cell nuclear antigen in breast cancer depend on immune context.

Tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) are recruited from the circulation to the tumor site, and can undergo a spectrum of phenotypic changes, with two contrasting activation states described in the literature: the M1 and M2 phenotypes. We previously identified a population of TAMs that express prolife...

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Main Authors: Michael J Campbell, Denise Wolf, Rita A Mukhtar, Vickram Tandon, Christina Yau, Alfred Au, Frederick Baehner, Laura van't Veer, Donald Berry, Laura J Esserman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3812150?pdf=render