Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Tumor invasion in draining lymph nodes is associated with Treg accumulation in breast cancer patients

  • Nicolas Gonzalo Núñez,
  • Jimena Tosello Boari,
  • Rodrigo Nalio Ramos,
  • Wilfrid Richer,
  • Nicolas Cagnard,
  • Cyrill Dimitri Anderfuhren,
  • Leticia Laura Niborski,
  • Jeremy Bigot,
  • Didier Meseure,
  • Philippe De La Rochere,
  • Maud Milder,
  • Sophie Viel,
  • Delphine Loirat,
  • Louis Pérol,
  • Anne Vincent-Salomon,
  • Xavier Sastre-Garau,
  • Becher Burkhard,
  • Christine Sedlik,
  • Olivier Lantz,
  • Sebastian Amigorena,
  • Eliane Piaggio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17046-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Tumor-draining lymph nodes are often the first site of metastasis in breast cancer patients. Here, the authors show that metastatic lymph nodes are characterized by the accumulation of suppressive regulatory T cells with a distinct phenotype compared to matched non-invaded lymph nodes and tumors.