Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Loss of testosterone impairs anti-tumor neutrophil function

  • Janet L. Markman,
  • Rebecca A. Porritt,
  • Daiko Wakita,
  • Malcolm E. Lane,
  • Daisy Martinon,
  • Magali Noval Rivas,
  • Michael Luu,
  • Edwin M. Posadas,
  • Timothy R. Crother,
  • Moshe Arditi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15397-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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It is known that there are sex differences in the incidence and prognosis of certain cancers, including melanoma. In this study, the authors utilize a melanoma model to reveal that castrated mice have a higher metastatic burden associated with androgen dependent impaired neutrophil function.