Mononuclear myeloid cells can shape neutrophils in brain tumors

Trends Immunol. 2024 Feb;45(2):78-80. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2024.01.002. Epub 2024 Jan 23.

Abstract

In most human solid cancer types, a high frequency of intratumoral neutrophils is associated with poor prognosis. In a recent study, Maas et al. identified an intratumoral niche in which mononuclear myeloid cells drive proinflammatory neutrophil activation in brain tumors. This study sheds new light on the intratumoral modulation of neutrophils.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Myeloid Cells
  • Neutrophil Activation
  • Neutrophils* / pathology