Pulling the Strings of the Tumor Microenvironment Available to Purchase

Macrophages are in the spotlight of cancer immunotherapy research because they exert a wide spectrum of protumorigenic functions. In this issue, Pfirschke and colleagues report that macrophage targeting pulls the strings of the tumor microenvironment, ultimately leading to a coordinated antitumorigenic immune reaction in a lung carcinoma mouse model.

See related article by Pfirschke et al., p. 40. (4).