Anastasios D Giannou, Jan Kempski, Tao Zhang, Jöran Lücke, Ahmad Mustafa Shiri, Dimitra E Zazara, Ioannis Belios, Andres Machicote, Philipp Seeger, Theodora Agalioti, Joseph Tintelnot, Adrian Sagebiel, Miriam Tomczak, Lennart Bauditz, Tanja Bedke, Lorenz Kocheise, Baris Mercanoglu, Mohammad Fard-Aghaie, Emmanouil Giorgakis, Panagis M Lykoudis, Anastasia Pikouli, Julia-Kristin Grass, Ramez Wahib, Jan Bardenhagen, Benjamin Brunswig, Asmus Heumann, Tarik Ghadban, Anna Duprée, Michael Tachezy, Nathaniel Melling, Petra C Arck, Pablo Stringa, Maria Virginia Gentilini, Gabriel E Gondolesi, Ryosuke Nakano, Angus W Thomson, Daniel Perez, Jun Li, Oliver Mann, Jakob R Izbicki, Nicola Gagliani, Ioannis C Maroulis, Samuel Huber
BACKGROUND: The immune system plays a pivotal role in cancer progression. Interleukin 22 binding protein (IL-22BP), a natural antagonist of the cytokine interleukin 22 (IL-22) has been shown to control the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the role of IL-22BP in the process of metastasis formation remains unknown. METHODS: We used two different murine in vivo metastasis models using the MC38 and LLC cancer cell lines and studied lung and liver metastasis formation after intracaecal or intrasplenic injection of cancer cells...
2023: Frontiers in Oncology