Recent advances in therapeutic strategies for triple-negative breast cancer

Y Li, H Zhang, Y Merkher, L Chen, N Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most malignant subtype of breast cancer (BC)
with a poor prognosis. Current treatment options are limited to surgery, adjuvant …

Mechanisms of vasculogenic mimicry in hypoxic tumor microenvironments

X Wei, Y Chen, X Jiang, M Peng, Y Liu, Y Mo, D Ren… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is a recently discovered angiogenetic process
found in many malignant tumors, and is different from the traditional angiogenetic process …

Stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment: accomplices of tumor progression?

Y Zhao, M Shen, L Wu, H Yang, Y Yao, Q Yang… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is made up of cells and extracellular matrix (non-cellular
component), and cellular components include cancer cells and non-malignant cells such as …

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cancer: breakthrough and challenges of targeted therapy

C Pottier, M Fresnais, M Gilon, G Jérusalem… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are key regulatory signaling proteins governing cancer
cell growth and metastasis. During the last two decades, several molecules targeting RTKs …

Single cell atlas identifies lipid-processing and immunomodulatory endothelial cells in healthy and malignant breast

V Geldhof, LPMH de Rooij, L Sokol… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Since a detailed inventory of endothelial cell (EC) heterogeneity in breast cancer (BC) is
lacking, here we perform single cell RNA-sequencing of 26,515 cells (including 8433 ECs) …

Mechanisms of macrophage plasticity in the tumor environment: manipulating activation state to improve outcomes

TD Ricketts, N Prieto-Dominguez, PS Gowda… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are a specialized class of innate immune cells with multifaceted roles in
modulation of the inflammatory response, homeostasis, and wound healing. While …

Role of VEGFs/VEGFR-1 signaling and its inhibition in modulating tumor invasion: experimental evidence in different metastatic cancer models

C Ceci, MG Atzori, PM Lacal, G Graziani - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family members, VEGF-A, placenta growth
factor (PlGF), and to a lesser extent VEGF-B, play an essential role in tumor-associated …

Toripalimab: the first domestic anti-tumor PD-1 antibody in China

L Zhang, B Hao, Z Geng, Q Geng - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Toripalimab (Tuoyi™) is a selective, recombinant, humanized monoclonal antibody against
programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) developed by Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co., Ltd …

Recent advances in microneedle-based sensors for sampling, diagnosis and monitoring of chronic diseases

Ö Erdem, I Eş, GA Akceoglu, Y Saylan, F Inci - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic diseases (CDs) are noncommunicable illnesses with long-term symptoms
accounting for~ 70% of all deaths worldwide. For the diagnosis and prognosis of CDs …

Hypoxia-dependent drivers of melanoma progression

S D'Aguanno, F Mallone, M Marenco… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Hypoxia, a condition of low oxygen availability, is a hallmark of tumour microenvironment
and promotes cancer progression and resistance to therapy. Many studies reported the …