Harnessing cytokines and chemokines for cancer therapy

DJ Propper, FR Balkwill - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2022 - nature.com
During the past 40 years, cytokines and cytokine receptors have been extensively
investigated as either cancer targets or cancer treatments. A strong preclinical rationale …

Key chemokines direct migration of immune cells in solid tumors

K Kohli, VG Pillarisetty, TS Kim - Cancer gene therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Immune cell infiltration into solid tumors, their movement within the tumor microenvironment
(TME), and interaction with other immune cells are controlled by their directed migration …

m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade

S Yang, J Wei, YH Cui, G Park, P Shah, Y Deng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Melanoma is one of the most deadly and therapy-resistant cancers. Here we show that N6-
methyladenosine (m6A) mRNA demethylation by fat mass and obesity-associated protein …

CXCL11-armed oncolytic adenoviruses enhance CAR-T cell therapeutic efficacy and reprogram tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma

G Wang, Z Zhang, K Zhong, Z Wang, N Yang, X Tang… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary malignant brain cancer and urgently
requires effective treatments. Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy offers a …

Targeting adenosine in cancer immunotherapy to enhance T-cell function

S Vigano, D Alatzoglou, M Irving… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
T cells play a critical role in cancer control, but a range of potent immunosuppressive
mechanisms can be upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME) to abrogate their …

Tumor microenvironment: Sanctuary of the devil

L Hui, Y Chen - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumor cells constantly interact with the surrounding microenvironment. Increasing evidence
indicates that targeting the tumor microenvironment could complement traditional treatment …

Chemokine-directed tumor microenvironment modulation in cancer immunotherapy

P Bule, SI Aguiar, F Aires-Da-Silva… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are a large family of small chemotactic cytokines that coordinates immune cell
trafficking. In cancer, they have a pivotal role in the migration pattern of immune cells into the …

Platelets and extracellular vesicles and their cross talk with cancer

S Lazar, LE Goldfinger - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Platelets play significant and varied roles in cancer progression, as detailed throughout this
review series, via direct interactions with cancer cells and by long-range indirect interactions …

The intricate role of CXCR4 in cancer

S Chatterjee, BB Azad, S Nimmagadda - Advances in cancer research, 2014 - Elsevier
Chemokines mediate numerous physiological and pathological processes related primarily
to cell homing and migration. The chemokine CXCL12, also known as stromal cell-derived …

Cancer stem cell secretome in the tumor microenvironment: a key point for an effective personalized cancer treatment

J López de Andrés, C Griñán-Lisón, G Jiménez… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a tumor subpopulation responsible for tumor metastasis
and resistance to chemo-and radiotherapy, ultimately leading to tumor relapse. As a …