We evaluated by FACS the increased percentage of CD206+, CD163+, and CD14-CD206+ cell subsets and by Real-Time PCR an increased expression of IL-10, VEGF, and, conversely, a decreased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-12 and IL-6 as a read out of the induction of TAM phenotype after exposure to cancer cells CM, as reported by Benner et al. The gene discussed is CD163; the disease is cancer.