CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells.
Pellegrino B, David K, Rabani S, Lampert B, Tran T, Doherty E, Piecychna M, Meza-Romero R, Leng L, Hershkovitz D, Vandenbark A, Bucala R, Becker-Herman S, Shachar I. CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002905. PMID: 39576827, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerMacrophage migration inhibitory factorImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentTolerogenic dendritic cellsRegulatory B cellsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaTumor microenvironmentDendritic cellsImmune cellsB cellsBreast cancerInfiltration of immune cellsAggressive breast cancer subtypeMassive infiltration of immune cellsLevels of CD74Cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorBreast cancer subtypesMigration inhibitory factorBinding to CD74Naive BTol-DCsLymphocytic leukemiaTumor environmentMassive infiltrationCancer subtypes