Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Coagulation induced by C3aR-dependent NETosis drives protumorigenic neutrophils during small intestinal tumorigenesis

  • Silvia Guglietta,
  • Andrea Chiavelli,
  • Elena Zagato,
  • Carsten Krieg,
  • Sara Gandini,
  • Paola Simona Ravenda,
  • Barbara Bazolli,
  • Bao Lu,
  • Giuseppe Penna,
  • Maria Rescigno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11037
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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It is unclear whether cancer-related hypercoagulation and neutrophilia contribute to tumorigenesis. In this study, the authors find that activation of the complement cascade causes hypercoagulation that leads to polarization of neutrophils in a mouse model of intestinal cancer, and show that blocking complement activation can reduce tumour formation.