New study has discovered that lung tumours are capable of reprogramming the immune response - they produce the messenger substance TGF-beta, a protein that regulates cell growth and induces Treg cells in the surroundings. This means that cells aren't activated to fight the cancer, but allow the tumour to grow instead.
This opens up new possibilities in the treatment of lung cancer patients, revealed researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU). The results were published in the journal Oncoimmunology....
New study has discovered that lung tumours are capable of reprogramming the immune response - they produce the messenger substance TGF-beta, a protein that regulates cell growth and induces Treg cells in the surroundings. This means that cells aren't activated to fight the cancer, but allow the tumour to grow instead.
This opens up new possibilities in the treatment of lung cancer patients, revealed researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU). The results were published in the journal Oncoimmunology....