Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Tumour-associated macrophages secrete pleiotrophin to promote PTPRZ1 signalling in glioblastoma stem cells for tumour growth

  • Yu Shi,
  • Yi-Fang Ping,
  • Wenchao Zhou,
  • Zhi-Cheng He,
  • Cong Chen,
  • Bai-Shi-Jiao Bian,
  • Lin Zhang,
  • Lu Chen,
  • Xun Lan,
  • Xian-Chao Zhang,
  • Kai Zhou,
  • Qing Liu,
  • Hua Long,
  • Ti-Wei Fu,
  • Xiao-Ning Zhang,
  • Mian-Fu Cao,
  • Zhi Huang,
  • Xiaoguang Fang,
  • Xiuxing Wang,
  • Hua Feng,
  • Xiao-Hong Yao,
  • Shi-Cang Yu,
  • You-Hong Cui,
  • Xia Zhang,
  • Jeremy N Rich,
  • Shideng Bao,
  • Xiu-Wu Bian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15080
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) facilitate malignant growth of glioblastoma (GBM). Here, the authors show that TAMs support glioma stem cell renewal via paracrine signalling to the pleiotrophin receptor PTPRZ1 and that blocking this axis results in increased survival of tumour-bearing animals.