Anti-tumor strategies by harnessing the phagocytosis of macrophages

SY Li, YL Guo, JW Tian, HJ Zhang, RF Li, P Gong… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Macrophages are the “big eaters” of the immune system who are in charge
of engulfing undesirable substances. Macrophages are vital for the human body as they are …

Macrophage's role in solid tumors: two edges of a sword

A Jahandideh, M Yarizadeh… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment is overwhelmingly dictated by macrophages, intimately
affiliated with tumors, exercising pivotal roles in multiple processes, including angiogenesis …

From macrophage biology to macrophage-based cellular immunotherapies

E Mass, N Lachmann - Gene therapy, 2021 - nature.com
As far back as 1882, Ilya (Elie) Metchnikoff was the first to discover macrophages (MΦ) and
their important role in host defense [1]. Now, almost 140 years later, MΦ are known as …

Reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages with anticancer therapies: radiotherapy versus chemo-and immunotherapies

G Genard, S Lucas, C Michiels - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a central role in tumor progression, metastasis,
and recurrence after treatment. Macrophage plasticity and diversity allow their classification …

Manipulating macrophage polarization in cancer patients: From nanoparticles to human chimeric antigen receptor macrophages

M Santoni, F Massari, R Montironi, N Battelli - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell treatment has provided notable results in
hematological tumors. Unfortunately, this evidence has not been translated into improved …

Diamonds in the rough: harnessing tumor-associated myeloid cells for cancer therapy

EJ Clappaert, A Murgaski, H Van Damme… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Therapeutic approaches that engage immune cells to treat cancer are becoming
increasingly utilized in the clinics and demonstrated durable clinical benefit in several solid …

Leveraging macrophages for cancer theranostics

L Liu, H Li, J Wang, J Zhang, XJ Liang, W Guo… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
As fundamental immune cells in innate and adaptive immunity, macrophages engage in a
double-edged relationship with cancer. Dissecting the character of macrophages in cancer …

Myeloid-derived cells are key targets of tumor immunotherapy

J Medina-Echeverz, F Aranda, P Berraondo - Oncoimmunology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Tumors are composed of heterogeneous cell populations recruited by cancer cells to
promote growth and metastasis. Among cells comprising the tumor stroma, myeloid-derived …

New insights into the role of macrophages in cancer immunotherapy

L Zhou, T Zhao, R Zhang, C Chen, J Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are the main component of the tumor microenvironment, which are
differentiated from monocytes in the blood and play an important role in cancer …

[HTML][HTML] CAR-macrophage: A new immunotherapy candidate against solid tumors

Y Chen, Z Yu, X Tan, H Jiang, Z Xu, Y Fang… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment
for hematological tumors, but the treatment of solid tumors still lacks effectiveness. In the …