Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a class of immune cells present in high numbers in the microenvironment of solid tumors. They are heavily involved...

vitro human tumor-associated macrophage model implicates macrophage proliferation as a mechanism for maintaining tumor-associated macrophage populations"...

and these macrophages are also referred as tumor-associated macrophages (TAM). Although M2 activation state involves heterogeneous macrophage populations...

mice. Macrophages within tumor stroma, so called tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promote tumor growth and metastasis. Tumor-associated macrophage infiltration...

A macrophage-activating factor (MAF) is a lymphokine or other receptor based signal that primes macrophages towards cytotoxicity to tumors, cytokine secretion...

metastasis. Tumor associated macrophages with the M2 phenotype are considered myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Tumor-associated macrophages are a central...

A tumor marker is a biomarker that can be used to indicate the presence of cancer or the behavior of cancers (measure progression or response to therapy)...

dictionary. TAM may refer to: Thioacetamide, an organosulfur compound Tumor-associated macrophage, a class of immune cells Transparent Anatomical Manikin, an educational...

and macrophages. They produce immunosuppressive TGF-β and IL-10. Another producer of suppressive TGF-β and IL-10 are tumor-associated macrophages, these...

the subsequent immune responses. MARCO expression on macrophages has been associated with tumor development and also with Alzheimer's disease, via decreased...