Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Identification of a subset of immunosuppressive P2RX1-negative neutrophils in pancreatic cancer liver metastasis

  • Xu Wang,
  • Li-Peng Hu,
  • Wei-Ting Qin,
  • Qin Yang,
  • De-Yu Chen,
  • Qing Li,
  • Kai-Xia Zhou,
  • Pei-Qi Huang,
  • Chun-Jie Xu,
  • Jun Li,
  • Lin-Li Yao,
  • Ya-Hui Wang,
  • Guang-Ang Tian,
  • Jian-Yu Yang,
  • Min-Wei Yang,
  • De-Jun Liu,
  • Yong-Wei Sun,
  • Shu-Heng Jiang,
  • Xue-Li Zhang,
  • Zhi-Gang Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20447-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive metastatic disease characterized by an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Here the authors show that a subset of P2RX1-negative neutrophils with immunosuppressive properties accumulate in PDAC metastatic liver tissues and promote tumor growth.