Tumor microenvironment: barrier or opportunity towards effective cancer therapy

A Tiwari, R Trivedi, SY Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a specialized ecosystem of host components, designed
by tumor cells for successful development and metastasis of tumor. With the advent of 3D …

Cytotoxic CD8+ T cells in cancer and cancer immunotherapy

H Raskov, A Orhan, JP Christensen… - British journal of cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The functions of, and interactions between, the innate and adaptive immune systems are
vital for anticancer immunity. Cytotoxic T cells expressing cell-surface CD8 are the most …

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 …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts in breast cancer: Challenges and opportunities

D Hu, Z Li, B Zheng, X Lin, Y Pan, P Gong… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment is proposed to contribute substantially to the progression of
cancers, including breast cancer. Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most …

Genetics and biology of prostate cancer

G Wang, D Zhao, DJ Spring… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite the high long-term survival in localized prostate cancer, metastatic prostate cancer
remains largely incurable even after intensive multimodal therapy. The lethality of advanced …

Reference component analysis of single-cell transcriptomes elucidates cellular heterogeneity in human colorectal tumors

H Li, ET Courtois, D Sengupta, Y Tan, KH Chen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Intratumoral heterogeneity is a major obstacle to cancer treatment and a significant
confounding factor in bulk-tumor profiling. We performed an unbiased analysis of …

Enhanced preclinical antitumor activity of M7824, a bifunctional fusion protein simultaneously targeting PD-L1 and TGF-β

Y Lan, D Zhang, C Xu, KW Hance, B Marelli… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Antibodies targeting immune checkpoints are emerging as potent and viable cancer
therapies, but not all patients respond to these as single agents. Concurrently targeting …

Tumor microenvironment targeted nanotherapeutics for cancer therapy and diagnosis: A review

S Thakkar, D Sharma, K Kalia, RK Tekade - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent findings suggest that the cellular and extracellular materials surrounding the
cancerous cells from an atypical tumor microenvironment (TM) play a pivotal role in the …

Determinants of resistance to VEGF-TKI and immune checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

R Sharma, E Kadife, M Myers, G Kannourakis… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGF-TKIs) have been the
mainstay of treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Despite its …

Design and development of therapies using chimeric antigen receptor‐expressing T cells

G Dotti, S Gottschalk, B Savoldo… - Immunological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Investigators developed chimeric antigen receptors (CAR s) for expression on T cells more
than 25 years ago. When the CAR is derived from an antibody, the resultant cell should …