The hypoxia-driven crosstalk between tumor and tumor-associated macrophages: mechanisms and clinical treatment strategies

R Bai, Y Li, L Jian, Y Yang, L Zhao, M Wei - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Given that hypoxia is a persistent physiological feature of many different solid tumors and a
key driver for cancer malignancy, it is thought to be a major target in cancer treatment …

Biomaterials tools to modulate the tumour microenvironment in immunotherapy

Y Chao, Z Liu - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint blockade and chimeric antigen
receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, have transformed clinical oncology. However, limited patient …

Docetaxel-loaded M1 macrophage-derived exosomes for a safe and efficient chemoimmunotherapy of breast cancer

Y Zhao, Y Zheng, Y Zhu, H Li, H Zhu, T Liu - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
The conversion of tumor-promoting M2 macrophage phenotype to tumor-suppressing M1
macrophages is a promising therapeutic approach for cancer treatment. However, the tumor …

Unveiling the veil of lactate in tumor-associated macrophages: a successful strategy for immunometabolic therapy

H Tao, X Zhong, A Zeng, L Song - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lactate, traditionally regarded as a metabolic waste product at the terminal of the glycolysis
process, has recently been found to have multifaceted functional roles in metabolism and …

Carboxymethylated alginate-resiquimod micelles reverse the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and synergistically enhance the chemotherapy and …

J Chen, X Liu, S Zhao, H Chen, T Lu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the intrinsic weak immunogenicity of tumor cells and the quantitatively and
functionally different populations of immune cells, immunosuppression has become the …

Macrophage subsets and their role: co-relation with colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor and clinical relevance

S Yadav, A Priya, DR Borade, R Agrawal-Rajput - Immunologic Research, 2023 - Springer
Macrophages are one of the first innate immune cells to reach the site of infection or injury.
Diverse functions from the uptake of pathogen or antigen, its killing, and presentation, the …

Improving the efficacy of peptide vaccines in cancer immunotherapy

F Zahedipour, K Jamialahmadi, P Zamani… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Peptide vaccines have shown great potential in cancer immunotherapy by targeting tumor
antigens and activating the patient's immune system to mount a specific response against …

Immunometabolic attributes and mitochondria-associated signaling of Tumor-Associated Macrophages in tumor microenvironment modulate cancer progression

S Dubey, S Ghosh, D Goswami, D Ghatak… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Macrophages are specialized immune cells, which have the capacity to phagocytize and
destroy the target cells, including tumor cells. Some macrophages, however on their way to …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic role of tumor associated macrophages in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SK Bisheshar, MF van der Kamp, EJ de Ruiter… - Oral Oncology, 2022 - Elsevier
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is an immunogenic cancer type, and
tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) are a major component of the tumor …

Macrophage metabolism, phenotype, function, and therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

J Huang, Q Wu, DA Geller, Y Yan - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023 - Springer
The pivotal role of the tumor microenvironment (TME) in the initiation and advancement of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is widely acknowledged, as it fosters the proliferation and …