Description:

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University's Tumor Environment and Metastasis Program and the Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-Based Center present:

Targeting Tumor-macrophage Interplay in Glioblastoma

Peiwen Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor 
Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

Glioblastoma is a deadly brain tumor in adults. Other cell types near the tumor can impact tumor growth. This is especially true of glioblastoma-associated macrophages/microglia, immune cells that make up half of the cells in the tumor. When cancer cells and these macrophages cross-talk, glioblastoma worsens. This talk will focus on how these macrophages are affected by glioma cells and support glioblastoma progression at the molecular level and tell the story of how macrophages may be targets for treatment of glioblastoma patients.