protumorigenic
English edit
Etymology edit
pro- + tumorigenic
Adjective edit
protumorigenic (comparative more protumorigenic, superlative most protumorigenic)
- Promoting tumorigenesis.
- 2015 July 31, “Macrophage Infiltration Induces Gastric Cancer Invasiveness by Activating the β-Catenin Pathway”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Conflicting data has shown antitumorigenic or protumorigenic functions on macrophages in particular, however our data indicates macrophages play a protumorigenic role in GC patients.