Certain cancers, specifically colon and breast cancer, express IL-4 and IL-13 receptors, which allows inflammatory cytokines to trigger rapid tumor growth and metastasis.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Vanderbilt University
  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation

Sources

• The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation medschool.vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt University via serper

Referenced by nodes (5)

• cancers concept
• breast cancer concept
• tumor growth concept
• colon cancer concept
• metastasis concept