Improving cancer immunotherapy using nanomedicines: progress, opportunities and challenges

JD Martin, H Cabral, T Stylianopoulos… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Multiple nanotherapeutics have been approved for patients with cancer, but their effects on
survival have been modest and, in some examples, less than those of other approved …

[HTML][HTML] Classical epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and alternative cell death process-driven blebbishield metastatic-witch (BMW) pathways to cancer …

GG Jinesh, AS Brohl - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Metastasis is a pivotal event that accelerates the prognosis of cancer patients towards
mortality. Therapies that aim to induce cell death in metastatic cells require a more detailed …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial deletion of SHP2 suppresses tumor angiogenesis and promotes vascular normalization

Z Xu, C Guo, Q Ye, Y Shi, Y Sun, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SHP2 mediates the activities of multiple receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and its function in
endothelial processes has been explored extensively. However, genetic studies on the role …

Rational design of molecular phototheranostic platform for NIR-II fluorescence imaging guided chemodynamic-photothermal combined therapy

G Wu, B Sun, Y He, X Tan, Q Pan, S Yang, N Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The strategy of synergetic chemodynamic treatment (CDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT)
to improve the anticancer effect has been a hot spot in the field of biomedicine. Herein, a …

Anoikis resistant gastric cancer cells promote angiogenesis and peritoneal metastasis through C/EBPβ-mediated PDGFB autocrine and paracrine signaling

S Du, Z Yang, X Lu, S Yousuf, M Zhao, W Li, J Miao… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Anoikis is a type of programmed cell death induced by loss of anchorage to the extracellular
matrix (ECM). Anoikis resistance (AR) is crucial for the survival of metastatic cancer cells in …

[HTML][HTML] SLIT2/ROBO signaling in tumor-associated microglia and macrophages drives glioblastoma immunosuppression and vascular dysmorphia

LH Geraldo, Y Xu, L Jacob… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
SLIT2 is a secreted polypeptide that guides migration of cells expressing Roundabout 1 and
2 (ROBO1 and ROBO2) receptors. Herein, we investigated SLIT2/ROBO signaling effects in …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor vessel co-option probed by single-cell analysis

LA Teuwen, LPMH De Rooij, A Cuypers, K Rohlenova… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Tumor vessel co-option is poorly understood, yet it is a resistance mechanism against anti-
angiogenic therapy (AAT). The heterogeneity of co-opted endothelial cells (ECs) and …

[HTML][HTML] ARID1A, ARID1B, and ARID2 Mutations Serve as Potential Biomarkers for Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

G Zhu, R Shi, Y Li, Z Zhang, S Xu, C Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Worldwide, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has the highest morbidity and mortality of
all malignancies. The lack of responsiveness to checkpoint inhibitors is a central problem in …

Focus on mast cells in the tumor microenvironment: Current knowledge and future directions

S Shi, L Ye, X Yu, K Jin, W Wu - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mast cells (MCs) are crucial cells participating in both innate and adaptive immune
processes that play important roles in protecting human health and in the pathophysiology of …

Biology and therapeutic targeting of tumour‐associated macrophages

T Beltraminelli, M De Palma - The Journal of pathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages sustain tumour progression by facilitating angiogenesis, promoting
immunosuppression, and enhancing cancer cell invasion and metastasis. They also …