Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Stromal-driven and Amyloid β-dependent induction of neutrophil extracellular traps modulates tumor growth

  • Hafsa Munir,
  • James O. Jones,
  • Tobias Janowitz,
  • Markus Hoffmann,
  • Maximilien Euler,
  • Carla P. Martins,
  • Sarah J. Welsh,
  • Jacqueline D. Shields

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20982-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The tumor microenvironment is composed of many cell types that crosstalk to modulate local immunity. Here the authors show that Amyloid β proteins from cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) induce neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) production by neutrophils, while NET feeds back to activate CAF, thereby implicating Amyloid β as a potential therapy target.