Cholesterol metabolite causes immune system to attack T cells instead of breast cancer, study finds
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 11:41
in Health & Medicine
In breast cancer tumors, a molecule produced when the body breaks down cholesterol hijacks the myeloid immune cells that normally arm T cells to fight cancer, a new study in mice found. Instead, the hijacked myeloid cells disarm the T cells and even tell them to self-destruct. By inhibiting the enzymes that make that molecule, […]