title: Neutrophils, wounds, and cancer progression.
abstract: Chronic inflammation is associated with tumorigenesis, but how acute inflammation affects the tumor microenvironment is less known. Recently, Antonio et al. (2015) found that neutrophils attracted to an acute wound such as a biopsy drive cell proliferation of nearby pre-neoplastic cells, suggesting that acute wounds may promote cancer progression.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Emily E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Rosowski
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: huttenlocher@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huttenlocher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000276:immunology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000276:immunology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000276:immunology*