The research team identified a protein called colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) as a reliable marker for monocytes ...

We found that pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages secreted factors that increased the expression of stem cell markers such as NANOG, KLF4, SOX2 and CD44 in prostate cancer cells. Based on our research ...

whereas the cells showed higher expression levels of Toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4), M1 marker and pro-inflammatory cytokine genes, and frequently formed multiple cytoplasmic vacuoles in the their ...