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Obesity induces PD-1 on macrophages to suppress anti-tumour immunity (2024)


A study demonstrates that metabolic signalling and inflammatory cues associated with obesity selectively induce expression of PD-1 on tumour-associated macrophages to suppress anti-tumour immunity.

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