'Together, our data show that glucocorticoids released during chronic stress cause NET formation and establish a metastasis-promoting microenvironment. Therefore, NETs could be targets for preventing metastatic recurrence in cancer patients, many of whom will experience chronic stress due to their disease.' #Cancer#Neutrophils#Metastasis#Immunology
Mikala Egeblad discussed some of this work at a workshop in Les Treilles last spring, organised by Tasuku Honjo & Antonio Coutinho. Here's a meeting report I wrote 👇 (the abstract is in French, but the rest of the text is in English).