Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment

Z Zhang, X Liu, D Chen, J Yu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is delivered for purposes of local control, but can also exert systemic
effect on remote and non-irradiated tumor deposits, which is called abscopal effect. The view …

Therapeutic targeting of the hypoxic tumour microenvironment

DC Singleton, A Macann, WR Wilson - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Hypoxia is prevalent in human tumours and contributes to microenvironments that shape
cancer evolution and adversely affect therapeutic outcomes. Historically, two different …

The role of hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment and development of cancer stem cell: a novel approach to developing treatment

A Emami Nejad, S Najafgholian, A Rostami… - Cancer Cell …, 2021 - Springer
Hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors, and develops because of the rapid growth of
the tumor that outstrips the oxygen supply, and impaired blood flow due to the formation of …

Single-cell profiling of myeloid cells in glioblastoma across species and disease stage reveals macrophage competition and specialization

AR Pombo Antunes, I Scheyltjens, F Lodi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Glioblastomas are aggressive primary brain cancers that recur as therapy-resistant tumors.
Myeloid cells control glioblastoma malignancy, but their dynamics during disease …

Tumor angiogenesis: causes, consequences, challenges and opportunities

R Lugano, M Ramachandran, A Dimberg - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
Tumor vascularization occurs through several distinct biological processes, which not only
vary between tumor type and anatomic location, but also occur simultaneously within the …

Immunotherapy for glioblastoma: the promise of combination strategies

M Bausart, V Préat, A Malfanti - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) treatment has remained almost unchanged for more than 20 years. The
current standard of care involves surgical resection (if possible) followed by concomitant …

The role of the CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 chemokine axis in cancer

Y Shi, DJ Riese, J Shen - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chemokines are a family of small, secreted cytokines which regulate a variety of cell
functions. The CXC motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) binds to CXC chemokine receptor …

Dynamic changes in glioma macrophage populations after radiotherapy reveal CSF-1R inhibition as a strategy to overcome resistance

L Akkari, RL Bowman, J Tessier, F Klemm… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and microglia (MG) are potent regulators of glioma
development and progression. However, the dynamic alterations of distinct TAM populations …

Microenvironmental regulation of tumour angiogenesis

M De Palma, D Biziato, TV Petrova - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
Tumours display considerable variation in the patterning and properties of angiogenic blood
vessels, as well as in their responses to anti-angiogenic therapy. Angiogenic programming …

Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era

T Wälchli, J Bisschop, P Carmeliet, G Zadeh… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The CNS critically relies on the formation and proper function of its vasculature during
development, adult homeostasis and disease. Angiogenesis—the formation of new blood …