Effects of immune cells and cytokines on inflammation and immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment

L Li, R Yu, T Cai, Z Chen, M Lan, T Zou, B Wang… - International …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chronic inflammation and immune responses are two core element that characterize the
tumor microenvironment. A large number of immune/inflammatory cells (including tumor …

Tumor microenvironment in breast cancer—updates on therapeutic implications and pathologic assessment

JJ Li, JY Tsang, GM Tse - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The tumor microenvironment (TME) in breast cancer plays important roles
in tumor behavior and treatment response, making its pathologic assessment critical for …

Photothermal nanozyme‐based microneedle patch against refractory bacterial biofilm infection via iron‐actuated janus ion therapy

W Zhu, J Mei, X Zhang, J Zhou, D Xu, Z Su… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to high antibiotic resistance and thermotolerance, bacterial biofilm infections (BBIs)
are refractory to elimination. Iron is essential for bacterial growth and metabolism, and …

Activatable near-infrared probes for the detection of specific populations of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes in vivo and in urine

S He, P Cheng, K Pu - Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2023 - nature.com
Tracking the immune microenvironment of tumours is essential for understanding the
mechanisms behind the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. Molecular imaging of …

Remodeling tumor‐associated neutrophils to enhance dendritic cell‐based HCC neoantigen nano‐vaccine efficiency

Y Wang, Q Zhao, B Zhao, Y Zheng, Q Zhuang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) commonly emerges in an immunologically “cold” state,
thereafter protects it away from cytolytic attack by tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes, resulting in …

Neutrophil extracellular traps activate proinflammatory functions of human neutrophils

D Dömer, T Walther, S Möller, M Behnen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) consist of decondensed nuclear chromatin that is
associated with proteins and are released by neutrophils during an inflammatory response …

A phase 1/2 clinical trial of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NMMA and taxane for treating chemoresistant triple-negative breast cancer

AW Chung, K Anand, AC Anselme, AA Chan… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The inducible nitric oxide signaling (iNOS) pathway is associated with poor prognosis in
triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Prior studies using in vivo models showed that …

CXCR2 receptor: regulation of expression, signal transduction, and involvement in cancer

J Korbecki, P Kupnicka, M Chlubek, J Gorący… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are a group of about 50 chemotactic cytokines crucial for the migration of
immune system cells and tumor cells, as well as for metastasis. One of the 20 chemokine …

Integrated analysis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma cohorts from three continents reveals conserved subtypes of prognostic significance

A Chakravarthy, I Reddin, S Henderson, C Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer
deaths in women. Here we present an integrated multi-omic analysis of 643 cervical …

Local Release of TGF‐β Inhibitor Modulates Tumor‐Associated Neutrophils and Enhances Pancreatic Cancer Response to Combined Irreversible Electroporation …

H Peng, J Shen, X Long, X Zhou, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease with little response to standard therapies. Irreversible
electroporation (IRE) has emerged as a novel ablative technique for the clinical treatment of …