TY - JOUR AU - Evans, Anthony AU - Costello, Eithne PY - 2012 M3 - Mini Review TI - The role of inflammatory cells in fostering pancreatic cancer cell growth and invasion JO - Frontiers in Physiology UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2012.00270 VL - 3 SN - 1664-042X N2 - The pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) microenvironment accommodates a variety of cell types and a plethora of complex interactions between tumor cells, host cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) components. Here we review the role of inflammatory cells, in particular mast cells, myeloid-derived suppressor cells, macrophages, T regulatory cells, T helper cells and neutrophils. The picture that emerges is that of a tumor microenvironment, in which the immune response is actively suppressed, and inflammatory cells contribute in a variety of ways to tumor progression. ER -