In light of the widely recognized opposite roles of M1-like and M2-like macrophages on cancer growth, and our largely incomplete knowledge of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the establishment of the M1-like versus M2-like balance within a tumor mass, we report here results from in vitro assays pointing at the human RNASET2 gene as a potential regulator of the balance between M1-like/M2-like macrophage polarization.
Ribonuclease T2 (RNASET2) and gametogenetin binding protein 2 (GGNBP2) are tumor suppressor genes whose expression is downregulated in ovarian and other types of cancer.