Review Article

Macrophages, Neutrophils, and Cancer: A Double Edged Sword

Table 1

Effector molecules involved in tumor promotion by TAM.

MoleculesEffectSelected reference

EGF, bFGF,Tumor GrowthCondeelis and Pollard, 2006 [4]
Mantovani and Sica, 2010 [97]
Cathepsins, MMP-2, MMP-9ECM Remodeling, Tumor Invasion, MetastasisGocheva et al., 2010 [98]
SR-ANagakawa et al., 2002 [99]
TGF-Neyen et al., 2013 [100]
LL37Ye et al., 2012 [101]
Li et al., 2013 [102]
MMP9Angiogenesis and LymphangiogenesisHuang et al., 2002 [103]
VEGFsGranata et al., 2010 [104]
PDGFWang et al., 2011 [105]
CXCL8Hotchkiss et al., 2003 [106]
Murdoch et al., 2008 [107]
IDOImmunosuppression Zhao, et al., 2012 [146]
IL-10Sica et al., 2000 [108]
TGF-Hagemann et al., 2006 [109]
B7-H1 (PD-L1)Kuang et al., 2009 [110]
B7-H3Chen et al., 2013 [111]
B7-H4Chen et al., 2012 [112]
Arginine DepletionChang et al., 2001 [113]