Snail promotes ovarian cancer progression by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells via CXCR2 ligand upregulation

Snail is a transcription factor that induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Here the authors show that, in the mesenchymal subtype of ovarian cancer, Snail expression promotes tumorigenesis by inducing immune evasion through CXCR2-ligands-mediated recruitment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mana Taki, Kaoru Abiko, Tsukasa Baba, Junzo Hamanishi, Ken Yamaguchi, Ryusuke Murakami, Koji Yamanoi, Naoki Horikawa, Yuko Hosoe, Eijiro Nakamura, Aiko Sugiyama, Masaki Mandai, Ikuo Konishi, Noriomi Matsumura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03966-7