Paclitaxel reduces tumor growth by reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages to an M1 profile in a TLR4-dependent manner

CW Wanderley, DF Colon, JPM Luiz, FF Oliveira… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Paclitaxel is an antineoplastic agent widely used to treat several solid tumor types. The
primary mechanism of action of paclitaxel is based on microtubule stabilization inducing cell …

Paclitaxel reduces regulatory T cell numbers and inhibitory function and enhances the anti-tumor effects of the TLR9 agonist PF-3512676 in the mouse

AP Vicari, R Luu, N Zhang, S Patel, SR Makinen… - Cancer immunology …, 2009 - Springer
The anti-tumor properties of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 agonist CpG oligodeoxynucleotides
(ODN) are enhanced by combinations with several cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens. The …

Paclitaxel binding to human and murine MD-2

SM Zimmer, J Liu, JL Clayton, DS Stephens… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
Paclitaxel (PTX) is an important cancer chemotherapeutic agent that binds to β-tubulin and
prevents mitosis through microtubule overstabilization. Recent evidence also implicates PTX …

TLR4 is a novel determinant of the response to paclitaxel in breast cancer

S Rajput, LD Volk-Draper, S Ran - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2013 - AACR
Overexpression of Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) in human tumors often correlates with
chemoresistance and metastasis. We found that TLR4 is overexpressed in the majority of …

Paclitaxel induces immunogenic cell death in ovarian cancer via TLR4/IKK2/SNARE-dependent exocytosis

TS Lau, LKY Chan, GCW Man, CH Wong… - Cancer immunology …, 2020 - AACR
Emerging evidence shows that the efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs is reliant on their
capability to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), thus transforming dying tumor cells into …

Antitumor effect of paclitaxel is mediated by inhibition of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and chronic inflammation in the spontaneous melanoma model

A Sevko, T Michels, M Vrohlings… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
The antitumor effects of paclitaxel are generally attributed to the suppression of microtubule
dynamics resulting in defects in cell division. New data demonstrated that in ultralow …

Role of TLR4 for paclitaxel chemotherapy in human epithelial ovarian cancer cells

AC Wang, QB Su, FX Wu, XL Zhang… - European journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background Paclitaxel has been reported to be a ligand to Toll like receptor 4 (TLR4).
Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) was described as a myeloid differentiation primary …

TLR-4 signaling promotes tumor growth and paclitaxel chemoresistance in ovarian cancer

MG Kelly, AB Alvero, R Chen, DA Silasi, VM Abrahams… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Evidence suggests that an inflammatory profile of cytokines and chemokines persisting at a
particular site would lead to the development of a chronic disease. Recent studies implicate …

Chemotherapy alters monocyte differentiation to favor generation of cancer-supporting M2 macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

EM Dijkgraaf, M Heusinkveld, B Tummers… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Current therapy of gynecologic malignancies consists of platinum-containing chemotherapy.
Resistance to therapy is associated with increased levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and …

Paclitaxel promotes differentiation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells into dendritic cells in vitro in a TLR4-independent manner

T Michels, GV Shurin, H Naiditch, A Sevko… - Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Myeloid cells play a key role in the outcome of anti-tumor immunity and response to anti-
cancer therapy, since in the tumor microenvironment they may exert both stimulatory and …