Human Gene Set: GSE26912_TUMORICIDAL_VS_CTRL_MACROPHAGE_UP


Standard name GSE26912_TUMORICIDAL_VS_CTRL_MACROPHAGE_UP
Systematic name M8205
Brief description Genes up-regulated in macrophages: tumoricidal versus control.
Full description or abstract The immune system can both promote and suppress cancer. Chronic inflammation and proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-6 are considered tumor-promoting. In contrast, the exact nature of protective antitumor immunity remains obscure. In this study, we have quantified locally secreted cytokines during primary immune responses against myeloma and B-cell lymphoma in mice. Strikingly, successful cancer immunosurveillance mediated by tumor-specific CD4+ T cells was consistently associated with elevated local levels of both proinflammatory (IL-1aplha, IL-1beta, and IL-6) and T helper 1 (Th1)-associated cytokines (interferon-alpha, IL-2, IL-12). Cancer eradication was achieved by a collaboration between tumor-specific Th1 cells and tumor-infiltrating, antigen-presenting macrophages. Th1 cells induced secretion of IL-1-beta and IL-6 by macrophages. Th1-derived interferon-gamma was shown to render macrophages directly cytotoxic to cancer cells, and to induce macrophages to secrete the angiostatic chemokines CXCL9/MIG and CXCL10/IP-10. Thus, inflammation, when driven by tumor-specific Th1 cells, may prevent rather than promote cancer.
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Source publication Pubmed 21407206   Authors: Haabeth OA,Lorvik KB,Hammarström C,Donaldson IM,Haraldsen G,Bogen B,Corthay A
Exact source GSE26912_3062_200_UP
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Source species Mus musculus
Contributed by Jernej Godec (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
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