Cancer-associated fibroblasts: Mediators of head and neck tumor microenvironment remodeling

M Raudenska, J Balvan, K Hanelova… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are involved in critical aspects of head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) pathogenesis, such as the formation of a tumor …

Loss of p53-DREAM-mediated repression of cell cycle genes as a driver of lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancer

K Brennan, A Espín-Pérez, S Chang, N Bedi… - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background The prognosis for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) is poor and has
improved little in recent decades, partially due to lack of therapeutic options. To identify …

Integrative analysis of WDR12 as a potential prognostic and immunological biomarker in multiple human tumors

RA Eid, MA Eldeen, MA Soltan, M Al-Shraim… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Mammalian WD-repeat protein 12 (WDR12), a family member of proteins
containing repeats of tryptophan-aspartic acid (WD), is a potential homolog of yeast Ytm1p …

3D microgels to quantify tumor cell properties and therapy response dynamics

NC Wu, JL Cadavid, X Tan, S Latour, S Scaini… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumors contain heterogeneous and dynamic populations of cells that do not all display the
fast-proliferating properties that traditional chemotherapies target. There is a need therefore …

Important cells and factors from tumor microenvironment participated in perineural invasion

Z Chen, Y Fang, W Jiang - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Perineural invasion (PNI) as the fourth way for solid tumor metastasis and
invasion has attracted a lot of attention, and axon growth and possible nerve “invasion” to …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a multicellular 3D tumor model to study cellular heterogeneity and plasticity in NSCLC tumor microenvironment

L Arora, M Kalia, S Dasgupta, N Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Heterogeneity is a characteristic feature of solid tumors. Intra-tumor heterogeneity includes
phenotypic diversity, epigenetic abnormalities, cell proliferation, and plasticity that eventually …

Novel CAF-identifiers via transcriptomic and protein level analysis in HNSC patients

N Dwivedi, N Shukla, KM Prathima, M Das, SK Dhar - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a prominent component of the tumor
microenvironment, play an important role in tumor development, invasion, and drug …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-associated fibroblasts and their role in tumor progression

MS Ermakov, AA Nushtaeva, VA Richter… - Vavilov Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The stromal elements of a malignant tumor can promote cancer progression and metastasis.
The structure of the tumor stroma includes connective tissue elements, blood vessels …

Skin Cancer Microenvironment: What We Can Learn from Skin Aging?

A D'Arino, S Caputo, L Eibenschutz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aging is a natural intrinsic process associated with the loss of fibrous tissue, a slower cell
turnover, and a reduction in immune system competence. In the skin, the continuous …

Ethnic disparities in the immune microenvironment of triple negative breast cancer and its role in therapeutic outcomes

KK Zajac, S Malla, RJ Babu, D Raman… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In 2020, newly diagnosed breast cancer (BC) cases surpassed that of lung cancer among
women, making it the most common female cancer globally. In spite of recent increases in …