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 …

Microenvironmental regulation of tumor progression and metastasis

DF Quail, JA Joyce - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Cancers develop in complex tissue environments, which they depend on for sustained
growth, invasion and metastasis. Unlike tumor cells, stromal cell types within the tumor …

An ER‐targeting iridium (III) complex that induces immunogenic cell death in non‐small‐cell lung cancer

L Wang, R Guan, L Xie, X Liao, K Xiong… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) is a vital component of therapeutically induced anti‐tumor
immunity. An iridium (III) complex (Ir1), containing an N, N‐bis (2‐chloroethyl)‐azane …

Charge‐reversal polymer nano‐modulators for photodynamic immunotherapy of cancer

S He, J Li, P Cheng, Z Zeng, C Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicine can regulate the balance between cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and
suppressive regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs), which however has been rarely exploited for …

The roles of TGFβ in the tumour microenvironment

M Pickup, S Novitskiy, HL Moses - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The influence of the microenvironment on tumour progression is becoming clearer. In this
Review we address the role of an essential signalling pathway, that of transforming growth …

Immunosuppressive cells in tumor immune escape and metastasis

Y Liu, X Cao - Journal of molecular medicine, 2016 - Springer
Tumor immune escape and the initiation of metastasis are critical steps in malignant
progression of tumors and have been implicated in the failure of some clinical cancer …

Sexual dimorphism in cancer

A Clocchiatti, E Cora, Y Zhang, GP Dotto - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The incidence of many types of cancer arising in organs with non-reproductive functions is
significantly higher in male populations than in female populations, with associated …

The tumor microenvironment in esophageal cancer

EW Lin, TA Karakasheva, PD Hicks, AJ Bass… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Esophageal cancer is a deadly disease, ranking sixth among all cancers in mortality.
Despite incremental advances in diagnostics and therapeutics, esophageal cancer still …

FOXP3 exon 2 controls Treg stability and autoimmunity

J Du, Q Wang, S Yang, S Chen, Y Fu, S Spath… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Differing from the mouse Foxp3 gene that encodes only one protein product, human FOXP3
encodes two major isoforms through alternative splicing—a longer isoform (FOXP3 FL) …

A comprehensive review on the role of co-signaling receptors and Treg homeostasis in autoimmunity and tumor immunity

P Kumar, P Bhattacharya, BS Prabhakar - Journal of autoimmunity, 2018 - Elsevier
The immune system ensures optimum T-effector (Teff) immune responses against invading
microbes and tumor antigens while preventing inappropriate autoimmune responses …