CSF1 and neoplasm: When a mouse strain that develops oncogene-induced mammary tumors (MMTV-PyMT, mammary tumor virus promoter-driven polyoma middle T oncogene) was crossbred with mice carrying a homozygously mutated colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) gene, the resulting ablation of macrophages delayed the angiogenic switch and tumor progression, whereas restoration of macrophage infiltration rescued the vessel phenotype [48].