From gatekeepers to providers: regulation of immune functions by cancer-associated fibroblasts

L Arpinati, R Scherz-Shouval - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are major protumorigenic components of the tumor
microenvironment in solid cancers. CAFs are heterogeneous, consisting of multiple subsets …

CAFs orchestrates tumor immune microenvironment—A new target in cancer therapy?

C Zhang, Y Fei, H Wang, S Hu, C Liu, R Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has opened a new landscape in cancer treatment, however, the
poor specificity and resistance of most targeted therapeutics have limited their therapeutic …

The dark side of fibroblasts: cancer-associated fibroblasts as mediators of immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment

L Monteran, N Erez - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are prominent components of the microenvironment in
most types of solid tumors, and were shown to facilitate cancer progression by supporting …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: accomplices in the tumor immune evasion

M Hilmi, R Nicolle, C Bousquet, C Neuzillet - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A growing number of studies suggest that cancer-associated fibroblasts
(CAFs) modulate both myeloid and lymphoid cells through secretion of molecules (ie …

Role of cancer‐associated fibroblast subpopulations in immune infiltration, as a new means of treatment in cancer

R Mhaidly, F Mechta‐Grigoriou - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) has been identified as one of the driving factors of tumor
progression and invasion. Within this microenvironment, cancer‐associated fibroblasts …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts: key players in shaping the tumor immune microenvironment

M Desbois, Y Wang - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapies have rapidly changed the therapeutic landscape for cancer.
Nevertheless, most of the patients show innate or acquired resistance to these therapies …

Crosstalk between cancer-associated fibroblasts and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment: new findings and future perspectives

X Mao, J Xu, W Wang, C Liang, J Hua, J Liu, B Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a stromal cell population with cell-of-origin,
phenotypic and functional heterogeneity, are the most essential components of the tumor …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: an emerging target of anti-cancer immunotherapy

T Liu, C Han, S Wang, P Fang, Z Ma, L Xu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
Among all the stromal cells that present in the tumor microenvironment, cancer-associated
fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the most abundant and critical components of the tumor …

Cancer-associated fibroblast heterogeneity: a factor that cannot be ignored in immune microenvironment remodeling

PY Chen, WF Wei, HZ Wu, LS Fan… - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are important, highly heterogeneous components of
the tumor extracellular matrix that have different origins and express a diverse set of …

An inflammatory vicious cycle: Fibroblasts and immune cell recruitment in cancer

Y Raz, N Erez - Experimental cell research, 2013 - Elsevier
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have been established as a key component of the
crosstalk between tumor cells and their microenvironment. The ability of CAFs to orchestrate …