The immunosuppressive microenvironment in BRCA1-IRIS–Overexpressing TNBC tumors is induced by bidirectional interaction with tumor-associated macrophages

E Sami, BT Paul, JA Koziol, WM ElShamy - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) promote triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)
progression. Here, we report BRCA1-IRIS–overexpressing (IRISOE) TNBC cells secrete …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity promotes the expansion of metastasis-initiating cells in breast cancer

M Bousquenaud, F Fico, G Solinas, C Rüegg… - Breast Cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Background: Obesity is a strong predictor of poor prognosis in breast cancer, especially in
postmenopausal women. In particular, tumors in obese patients tend to seed more distant …

[HTML][HTML] The obesity paradox in cancer, tumor immunology, and immunotherapy: potential therapeutic implications in triple negative breast cancer

A Naik, AM Monjazeb, J Decock - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has been heralded as a breakthrough cancer treatment
demonstrating tremendous success in improving tumor responses and survival of patients …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity and cancer metastasis: molecular and translational perspectives

S Annett, G Moore, T Robson - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A major challenge in treating cancer is when the cancer spreads from its
original site to other parts of the body, a process also known as metastasis. In order to …

Targeting nitric oxide: say NO to metastasis

TP Reddy, SA Glynn, TR Billiar, DA Wink… - Clinical Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Utilizing targeted therapies capable of reducing cancer metastasis, targeting chemoresistant
and self-renewing cancer stem cells, and augmenting the efficacy of systemic …

Diet, nutrient supply, and tumor immune responses

CL McIntyre, A Temesgen, L Lynch - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Nutrients are essential for cell function. Immune cells operating in the complex tumor
microenvironment (TME), which has a unique nutrient composition, face challenges of …

Breast cancer metastatic dormancy and relapse: An enigma of microenvironment (s)

IE Elkholi, A Lalonde, M Park, JF Côté - Cancer Research, 2022 - AACR
Multiple factors act in concert to define the fate of disseminated tumor cells (DTC) to enter
dormancy or develop overt metastases. Here, we review these factors in the context of three …

The metabolic landscape of prostate cancer

F Giunchi, M Fiorentino, M Loda - European urology oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Neoplastic cells are characterized by metabolic alterations that sustain tumor
growth. Interventions aimed at modifying metabolic rewiring of cancer cells are currently …

Lifestyle and host determinants of antitumor immunity and cancer health disparities

A Swaby, A Atallah, O Varol, A Cristea, DF Quail - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Lifestyle factors exert profound effects on host physiology and immunology. Disparities in
cancer outcomes persist as a complex and multifaceted challenge, necessitating a …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of age and systemic metabolism on anti-tumor T cell responses

JM Drijvers, AH Sharpe, MC Haigis - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Average age and obesity prevalence are increasing globally. Both aging and obesity are
characterized by profound systemic metabolic and immunologic changes and are cancer …