[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity and plasticity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment

LNC Boyd, KD Andini, GJ Peters, G Kazemier… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
… KPC models develop desmoplastic stroma, they do not develop desmoplastic stroma to the
… the reduction of collagen deposition and stromal remodeling in PDAC TME, and decreased …

Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles activate normal human fibroblasts to a cancer-associated fibroblast-like phenotype, sustaining a pro-tumorigenic …

I Giusti, M Di Francesco, G Poppa, L Esposito… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… participate in tumor progression; they can be “educated” by cancer cells … cancer-associated
fibroblasts (CAFs); CAFs, in turn, remodel tumor stroma to be more advantageous for cancer

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: an update on heterogeneity and therapeutic targeting

U Vaish, T Jain, AC Are, V Dudeja - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
stroma with poor vascularity. Cellular components of the TME chiefly consist of cancer-associated
fibroblasts (… activation, as well as the stromal remodeling capacity of PSCs through a …

Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts: orchestrating the composition of malignancy

P Gascard, TD Tlsty - Genes & development, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
tumor stromal milieu, heterogeneous populations of fibroblast-like cells, collectively termed
carcinoma-associated fibroblasts … as well as proteases that remodel it, adipocytes that act as …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts as another polarized cell type of the tumor microenvironment

M Augsten - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Tumor- or cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the most abundant stromal cell
types in … Furthermore, CAFs play an important role in remodeling of the extracellular matrix by …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce metalloprotease-independent cancer cell invasion of the basement membrane

A Glentis, P Oertle, P Mariani, A Chikina… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… abundant stromal cell population, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), promote cancer cell
… Next, we asked whether BM remodeling by CAFs makes it more permissive for cancer cell …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: Vital suppressors of the immune response in the tumor microenvironment

X Xiang, YR Niu, ZH Wang, LL Ye, WB Peng… - Cytokine & Growth Factor …, 2022 - Elsevier
… of the tumor microenvironment (TME), especially its stromalCancer-associated fibroblasts
(CAFs) are the major components of the stromal region, providing material support for tumor

Targeting tumour-associated fibroblasts in cancers

K Shah, SB Mallik, P Gupta, A Iyer - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
stromal cells, especially tumour-associated fibroblasts, within the TME as an adjuvant
therapy to sensitize immunosuppressive tumours and prevent cancer … of matrix remodelling in …

Force-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling by early-stage cancer cells alters diffusion and induces carcinoma-associated fibroblasts

WH Jung, N Yam, CC Chen, K Elawad, B Hu, Y Chen - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
… To examine the interaction between cancer cells and the fibroblasts in the stroma, spheroids
consisting of mouse mammary epithelial cells EpH4-Ev, 67NR, or 4T1 were embedded in …

Dangerous liaisons: circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)

P Hurtado, I Martínez-Pena, R Piñeiro - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
… cells from the stroma such as cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and tumor-associated
considered as positive mediators of cancer progression and stromal remodeling [63] as well …