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protumor en · ADJ

Etymology

From pro- + tumor.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Promoting the development of tumors.
    • The importance of Th2 cytokines, including IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13, in the regulation of the protumor functions of TAMs has also been demonstrated in human lung adenocarcinomas. 2015 August 5, Kazumasa Mori et al., “Tumor-associated macrophages in oral premalignant lesions coexpress CD163 and STAT1 in a Th1-dominated microenvironment”, in BMC Cancer, volume 15, →DOI: