The potential role of the extracellular matrix in the activity of trabectedin in UPS and L-sarcoma: evidences from a patient‐derived primary culture case series in …

A De Vita, F Recine, G Miserocchi, F Pieri… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare group of solid neoplasm including among
others liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma (L-sarcoma) and undifferentiated pleomorphic …

M2 tumor-associated macrophages play important role in predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast carcinoma

V Arole, H Nitta, L Wei, T Shen, AV Parwani… - Breast cancer research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Two types of macrophages are present in tumor microenvironment. M1
macrophages exhibit potent anti-tumor properties, while M2 macrophages play the pro …

Tumor microenvironment and nitric oxide: concepts and mechanisms

A Vedenko, K Panara, G Goldstein… - … : Molecular Players–Part …, 2020 - Springer
The cancer tissue exists not as a single entity, but as a combination of different cellular
phenotypes which, taken together, dramatically contribute to the entirety of their ecosystem …

Re-polarisation of macrophages within collective tumour cell migration: a multiscale moving boundary approach

S Suveges, R Eftimie, D Trucu - Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer invasion of the surrounding tissue is a multiscale process of collective cell
movement that involves not only tumour cells but also other immune cells in the …

Microenvironmental modulation of the developing tumour: an immune‐stromal dialogue

JO Jones, WM Moody, JD Shields - Molecular oncology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Successful establishment of a tumour relies on a cascade of interactions between cancer
cells and stromal cells within an evolving microenvironment. Both immune and nonimmune …

Breaking the stromal barrier in pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges

M Chakkera, JB Foote, B Farran… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide due to the absence
of early detection methods and the low success rates of traditional therapeutic strategies …

Elevated Levels of TNF-α and decreased levels of CD68-positive macrophages in primary tumor tissues are unfavorable for the survival of patients with …

Y Yu, L Ke, WX Xia, Y Xiang, X Lv… - Technology in cancer …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Due to the critical role of inflammation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, we aim to investigate
the correlation between nasopharyngeal carcinoma prognosis and the levels of tumor …

3D model of the early melanoma microenvironment captures macrophage transition into a tumor-promoting phenotype

GA Pizzurro, C Liu, K Bridges, AF Alexander, A Huang… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We developed a “tumor-in-a-dish” experimental system to study the early
events favoring tumor growth and suppression of the immune response in metastatic …

Origin, production and molecular determinants of macrophages for their therapeutic targeting

S Chowdhury, AK Trivedi - Cell Biology International, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages, the most heterogeneous cells of the hematopoietic system and the giant
eaters of the immune system that present either as tissue‐resident cells or infiltrated immune …

Novel immunoregulatory functions of IL-18, an accomplice of TGF-β1

B Casu, A Dondero, S Regis, F Caliendo, A Petretto… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
TGF-β1 is a pleiotropic factor exerting a strong regulatory role in several cell types, including
immune cells. In NK cells it profoundly alters the surface expression of crucial activating and …