Biology and therapeutic targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A

L Pérez-Gutiérrez, N Ferrara - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of new blood vessels, called angiogenesis, is an essential pathophysiological
process in which several families of regulators have been implicated. Among these, vascular …

Challenges in developing personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines

PD Katsikis, KJ Ishii, C Schliehe - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The recent success of cancer immunotherapies has highlighted the benefit of harnessing the
immune system for cancer treatment. Vaccines have a long history of promoting immunity to …

Cellular and molecular players in the tumor microenvironment of renal cell carcinoma

F Lasorsa, M Rutigliano, M Milella, M Ferro… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) represents the most prevalent type of
kidney cancer. Surgery plays a key role in the treatment of this cancer, although one third of …

Define cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment: new opportunities in cancer immunotherapy and advances in clinical trials

H Zhang, X Yue, Z Chen, C Liu, W Wu, N Zhang, Z Liu… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Despite centuries since the discovery and study of cancer, cancer is still a lethal and
intractable health issue worldwide. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have gained much …

Embracing cancer complexity: Hallmarks of systemic disease

C Swanton, E Bernard, C Abbosh, F André, J Auwerx… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The last 50 years have witnessed extraordinary developments in understanding
mechanisms of carcinogenesis, synthesized as the hallmarks of cancer. Despite this logical …

γδ T cells: origin and fate, subsets, diseases and immunotherapy

Y Hu, Q Hu, Y Li, L Lu, Z Xiang, Z Yin… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
The intricacy of diseases, shaped by intrinsic processes like immune system exhaustion and
hyperactivation, highlights the potential of immune renormalization as a promising strategy …

The roles of ferroptosis in cancer: tumor suppression, tumor microenvironment, and therapeutic interventions

G Lei, L Zhuang, B Gan - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
In cancer treatment, the recurrent challenge of inducing apoptosis through conventional
therapeutic modalities, often thwarted by therapy resistance, emphasizes the critical need to …

Advances in Engineered Macrophages: A New Frontier in Cancer Immunotherapy

S Yang, Y Wang, J Jia, Y Fang, Y Yang, W Yuan… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Macrophages, as pivotal cells within the tumour microenvironment, significantly influence
the impact of and reactions to treatments for solid tumours. The rapid evolution of …

Application of radiomics-based multiomics combinations in the tumor microenvironment and cancer prognosis

W Kang, X Qiu, Y Luo, J Luo, Y Liu, J Xi, X Li… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
The advent of immunotherapy, a groundbreaking advancement in cancer treatment, has
given rise to the prominence of the tumor microenvironment (TME) as a critical area of …

The central inflammatory regulator IκBζ: induction, regulation and physiological functions

Y Feng, Z Chen, Y Xu, Y Han, X Jia, Z Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
IκBζ (encoded by NFKBIZ) is the most recently identified IkappaB family protein. As an
atypical member of the IkappaB protein family, NFKBIZ has been the focus of recent studies …