Neutrophils in cancer carcinogenesis and metastasis

S Xiong, L Dong, L Cheng - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, neutrophils have attracted increasing attention because of their cancer-
promoting effects. An elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is considered a prognostic …

The inflammatory pathogenesis of colorectal cancer

M Schmitt, FR Greten - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The mutational landscape of colorectal cancer (CRC) does not enable predictions to be
made about the survival of patients or their response to therapy. Instead, studying the …

Liver metastases

DI Tsilimigras, P Brodt, PA Clavien… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2021 - nature.com
Liver metastases are commonly detected in a range of malignancies including colorectal
cancer (CRC), pancreatic cancer, melanoma, lung cancer and breast cancer, although CRC …

Transforming growth factor-β signaling pathway in colorectal cancer and its tumor microenvironment

Y Itatani, K Kawada, Y Sakai - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) signaling is one of the important cellular pathways
that play key roles for tissue maintenance. In particular, it is important in the context of …

An Attempt to Polarize Human Neutrophils Toward N1 and N2 Phenotypes in vitro

M Ohms, S Möller, T Laskay - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neutrophils act as the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Although traditionally
considered in context of their antimicrobial effector functions, the importance of tumor …

Fusobacterium nucleatum host-cell binding and invasion induces IL-8 and CXCL1 secretion that drives colorectal cancer cell migration

MA Casasanta, CC Yoo, B Udayasuryan… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Fusobacterium nucleatum is implicated in accelerating colorectal cancer (CRC) and is found
within metastatic CRC cells in patient biopsies. Here, we found that bacterial invasion of …

The role of the tumor microenvironment and treatment strategies in colorectal cancer

Y Chen, X Zheng, C Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) has the second highest mortality rate among all cancers
worldwide. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, molecular targeting and other treatment …

Prostaglandin E2/EP signaling in the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer

R Mizuno, K Kawada, Y Sakai - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The number of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients is increasing worldwide. Accumulating
evidence has shown that the tumor microenvironment (TME), including macrophages …

The role of tumor microenvironment cells in colorectal cancer (CRC) cachexia

A Kasprzak - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer cachexia (CC) is a multifactorial syndrome in patients with advanced cancer
characterized by weight loss via skeletal-muscle and adipose-tissue atrophy, catabolic …

Colorectal cancer: Metabolic interactions reshape the tumor microenvironment

J Chen, H Zhu, Y Yin, S Jia, X Luo - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2022 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, which ranks third in
terms of incidence and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Metabolic …