Research progress of self-regulation and the regulation by Chinese herbal ingre-dients of immune cells in tumor microenvironment
Objective To study the regulatory mechanisms of immune cells in tumor microenvironment(TME)and new targets for immunotherapy,as well as the effects of Chinese herbal ingredients on immune cells.Methods The regulatory effects of immune cell in TME,the new targets for anti-tumor immunotherapy and the effects of Chinese herbal ingredients on immune cells were summa-rized by referring to relative literatures.Results The regulatory mechanisms of T cells,macrophages and dendritic cells in TME were reviewed in terms of differentiation,development and function.Several new targets for anti-tumor immunotherapy and regulatory effects of different kinds of Chinese herbal medicine components on immune cells were summarized and analyzed.Conclusion Reviewing the self-regulatory mechanisms of immune cells in TME and the effects of Chinese herbal ingredients on immune cells could lay a foundation for the exploration of anti-tumor immune mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine.
tumor microenvironmentanti-tumor immunityimmune cellsimmunomodulation by traditional Chinese medicine