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1Innate Immunity Research Group, Population Diagnostics Center, Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Wrocław, Poland; Department of Oncology and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland.
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Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is classically viewed as an alarmin, but in cancer, it may do more than merely initiate immunity. I propose that IL-33 scripts the trajectory of immunity through interconnected regulatory layers that influence how host responses are organized and ultimately resolved into either productive antitumor immunity or suppressive, repair-like states.
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