Tumor-associated macrophages in tumor metastasis: biological roles and clinical therapeutic applications

Y Lin, J Xu, H Lan - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2019 - Springer
Tumor metastasis is a major contributor to the death of cancer patients. It is driven not only
by the intrinsic alterations in tumor cells, but also by the implicated cross-talk between …

Involvement of partial EMT in cancer progression

M Saitoh - The Journal of Biochemistry, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) provides an outstanding example of cellular
plasticity during embryonic development and cancer progression. During EMT in embryonic …

Communication between EMT and PD-L1 signaling: New insights into tumor immune evasion

Y Jiang, H Zhan - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint blockage has been considered a breakthrough in cancer treatment,
achieving encouraging anti-tumor effects in some advanced solid malignancies. However …

Tumor-recruited M2 macrophages promote gastric and breast cancer metastasis via M2 macrophage-secreted CHI3L1 protein

Y Chen, S Zhang, Q Wang, X Zhang - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2017 - Springer
Background The macrophage, one of the several key immune cell types, is believed to be
involved in tumorigenesis. However, the mechanism of macrophages promoting tumor …

Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition by tumor microenvironmental signals and its implication in cancer therapeutics

J Zhang, Z Hu, CA Horta, J Yang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been implicated in various aspects of tumor
development, including tumor invasion and metastasis, cancer stemness, and therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic inflammation in cancer development

G Multhoff, M Molls, J Radons - Frontiers in immunology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Chronic inflammatory mediators exert pleiotropic effects in the development of cancer. On
the one hand, inflammation favors carcinogenesis, malignant transformation, tumor growth …

Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead

WH Goodson III, L Lowe, DO Carpenter… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide,
but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for …

TNF‐α enhances TGF‐β‐induced endothelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition via TGF‐β signal augmentation

Y Yoshimatsu, I Wakabayashi, S Kimuro… - Cancer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) consists of various components including cancer cells,
tumor vessels, cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs), and inflammatory cells. These …

Endocrine disruptors leading to obesity and related diseases

D Petrakis, L Vassilopoulou, C Mamoulakis… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The review aims to comprehensively present the impact of exposure to endocrine disruptors
(EDs) in relation to the clinical manifestation of obesity and related diseases, including …

PD-L1 expression is regulated by both DNA methylation and NF-kB during EMT signaling in non-small cell lung carcinoma

A Asgarova, K Asgarov, Y Godet, P Peixoto… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Tumor cells, which undergo Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) acquire increased
capacities of proliferation, invasion and have the ability to generate metastases by escaping …