Interestingly, this study noted an increase in the proportion of M1 macrophages and a decrease in M2 macrophages in CRC, contradicting the M1/M2 polarization theory. Functional analyses suggests ...
Researchers focused particularly on the role of M1 and M2 macrophages ... pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages secreted factors that increased the expression of stem cell markers such as NANOG, KLF4 ...