Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

RXRs control serous macrophage neonatal expansion and identity and contribute to ovarian cancer progression

  • María Casanova-Acebes,
  • María Piedad Menéndez-Gutiérrez,
  • Jesús Porcuna,
  • Damiana Álvarez-Errico,
  • Yonit Lavin,
  • Ana García,
  • Soma Kobayashi,
  • Jessica Le Berichel,
  • Vanessa Núñez,
  • Felipe Were,
  • Daniel Jiménez-Carretero,
  • Fátima Sánchez-Cabo,
  • Miriam Merad,
  • Mercedes Ricote

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15371-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Macrophages can differentiate to perform homeostatic tissue-specific functions. Here the authors show that RXR signalling is critical for large peritoneal macrophage (LPM) expansion during neonatal life and LPM lipid metabolism and survival during adult homeostasis, and that ovarian cancer growth relies on RXR-dependent LPMs.