Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Monocyte depletion enhances neutrophil influx and proneural to mesenchymal transition in glioblastoma

  • Zhihong Chen,
  • Nishant Soni,
  • Gonzalo Pinero,
  • Bruno Giotti,
  • Devon J. Eddins,
  • Katherine E. Lindblad,
  • James L. Ross,
  • Montserrat Puigdelloses Vallcorba,
  • Tanvi Joshi,
  • Angelo Angione,
  • Wes Thomason,
  • Aislinn Keane,
  • Nadejda M. Tsankova,
  • David H. Gutmann,
  • Sergio A. Lira,
  • Amaia Lujambio,
  • Eliver E. B. Ghosn,
  • Alexander M. Tsankov,
  • Dolores Hambardzumyan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37361-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 24

Abstract

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Myeloid cells are the predominant cell type in the tumor microenvironment of human and murine glioblastoma (GBM). By generating a mouse model deficient for all monocyte chemoattractant proteins, here the authors show that blocking monocyte recruitment promotes a compensatory neutrophil influx and that concomitant neutrophil inhibition is required to improve survival in GBM preclinical models.