Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) belongs to the group of non-melanoma skin tumors and is the most common tumor in the western world. BCC arises due to mutations in the tumor suppressor gene Patched1 (Ptch). Analysis of the conditional Ptch knockout mouse model for BCC reveals that macrophages and dendriti...

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Main Authors: Simone König, Frauke Nitzki, Anja Uhmann, Kai Dittmann, Jennifer Theiss-Suennemann, Markus Herrmann, Holger M Reichardt, Reto Schwendener, Tobias Pukrop, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer, Heidi Hahn
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0093555&type=printable
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author Simone König
Frauke Nitzki
Anja Uhmann
Kai Dittmann
Jennifer Theiss-Suennemann
Markus Herrmann
Holger M Reichardt
Reto Schwendener
Tobias Pukrop
Walter Schulz-Schaeffer
Heidi Hahn
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Frauke Nitzki
Anja Uhmann
Kai Dittmann
Jennifer Theiss-Suennemann
Markus Herrmann
Holger M Reichardt
Reto Schwendener
Tobias Pukrop
Walter Schulz-Schaeffer
Heidi Hahn
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description Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) belongs to the group of non-melanoma skin tumors and is the most common tumor in the western world. BCC arises due to mutations in the tumor suppressor gene Patched1 (Ptch). Analysis of the conditional Ptch knockout mouse model for BCC reveals that macrophages and dendritic cells (DC) of the skin play an important role in BCC growth restraining processes. This is based on the observation that a clodronate-liposome mediated depletion of these cells in the tumor-bearing skin results in significant BCC enlargement. The depletion of these cells does not modulate Ki67 or K10 expression, but is accompanied by a decrease in collagen-producing cells in the tumor stroma. Together, the data suggest that cutaneous macrophages and DC in the tumor microenvironment exert an antitumor effect on BCC.
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spelling doaj-art-e330aa80843a4dd0bbf5f0d15e43be402025-08-20T02:15:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0194e9355510.1371/journal.pone.0093555Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.Simone KönigFrauke NitzkiAnja UhmannKai DittmannJennifer Theiss-SuennemannMarkus HerrmannHolger M ReichardtReto SchwendenerTobias PukropWalter Schulz-SchaefferHeidi HahnBasal cell carcinoma (BCC) belongs to the group of non-melanoma skin tumors and is the most common tumor in the western world. BCC arises due to mutations in the tumor suppressor gene Patched1 (Ptch). Analysis of the conditional Ptch knockout mouse model for BCC reveals that macrophages and dendritic cells (DC) of the skin play an important role in BCC growth restraining processes. This is based on the observation that a clodronate-liposome mediated depletion of these cells in the tumor-bearing skin results in significant BCC enlargement. The depletion of these cells does not modulate Ki67 or K10 expression, but is accompanied by a decrease in collagen-producing cells in the tumor stroma. Together, the data suggest that cutaneous macrophages and DC in the tumor microenvironment exert an antitumor effect on BCC.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0093555&type=printable
spellingShingle Simone König
Frauke Nitzki
Anja Uhmann
Kai Dittmann
Jennifer Theiss-Suennemann
Markus Herrmann
Holger M Reichardt
Reto Schwendener
Tobias Pukrop
Walter Schulz-Schaeffer
Heidi Hahn
Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.
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title Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.
title_full Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.
title_fullStr Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.
title_full_unstemmed Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.
title_short Depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice.
title_sort depletion of cutaneous macrophages and dendritic cells promotes growth of basal cell carcinoma in mice
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0093555&type=printable
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