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Table 1 The cellular components of the TIME in pancreatic cancer

From: The role of pyroptosis in modulating the tumor immune microenvironment

Cells

Cell-derived cytokines

Function

Cancer cells

CCL-2, TGF-β, ICAM-1, GM-CSF, G-CSF, IL-10, IL-6, IL-1β

TAM (↑), MDSC (↑), PSC (↑), Treg (↑)

CD8+T cells (↓), NK cells (↓)

aPSC/CAF

CCL3, CCL6, IL-6,

CXCL1, CXCL12

Cancer cells (↑), TAM (↑), MDSC (↑)

NK cells (↓), CD8 + T cells (↓), DC (↓)

TAM

TGF-α, TGF-β, IL-10,

IL-6, Arg-1

Cancer cells (↑), Treg (↑), Th17 (↑)

CD8+T cells (↓), NK cells (↓)

MDSC

Arg-1, NO, IL-6

Cancer cells (↑)

CD8+T cells (↓), NK cells (↓)

DC

IL-23, TGF-β

Th17 (↑)

CD8+T cells (↓)

Treg

TGF-β, IL-10

PSC (↑)

CD8+T cells (↓), NK cells (↓)

  1. ↑, the function of cells is enhanced; ↓, the function of cells is inhibited. aPSC activated pancreatic stellate cells, CAF cancer-associated fibroblasts, DC dendritic cells, MDSC myeloid-derived suppressor cells, NK cells natural killer cells, TAM M2 tumor-associated macrophages, Th17 helper T cells 17, Treg regulatory T cells