MAPKAPK2 and neoplasm: Phinney et al. also reported TAMs-mediated secretion of chemokines such as monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP1) and macrophage inflammatory proteins-1 and -2 (MIP-1 and MIP-2) by the use of the MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) pathway, helping tumor cell growth and invasion in vitro [74].