Tuesday, 6 December 2022 | 3.00 pm – ICGEB Trieste, ITALY
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Geneva Medical School, CMU, Genève, SWITZERLAND
Immunomodulatory functions of tumor-associated lymphatic vessels
(Host: F. Benvenuti)
While tumor-associated lymphatic vessels promote cancer cell spreading and metastasis, they are essential for the initiation of anti-tumor immunity. In addition, they express and produce molecules shaping anti-tumor immune cell phenotype and functions. Our research aims at elucidating lymphatic endothelial cell immunomodulatory functions in the tumor microenvironment, in order to target the lymphatic vasculature to improve anti-tumor immunity and response to immunotherapies.