IL13 and neoplasm: M2 macrophage behaviour exists more heterogeneously and can be triggered by IL-4 or IL-13, IL1-β, TGF-β, IL-6, phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, or association with a tumour microenvironment, respectively, generating M2a, M2b, M2c, M2f, and tumour-associated macrophages (TAM) (Mantovani et al., 2002; Mantovani et al., 2017; Graney et al., 2020).