Macrophage repolarization as a therapeutic strategy for osteosarcoma

N Anand, KH Peh, JM Kolesar - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Macrophages are versatile immune cells and can adapt to both external stimuli and their
surrounding environment. Macrophages are categorized into two major categories; M1 …

Dealing with macrophage plasticity to address therapeutic challenges in head and neck cancers

S Furgiuele, G Descamps, L Cascarano… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The head and neck tumor microenvironment (TME) is highly infiltrated with macrophages.
More specifically, tumor-associated macrophages (TAM/M2-like) are one of the most critical …

Emerging nanoparticle strategies for modulating tumor-associated macrophage polarization

L Shi, H Gu - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapy has made great progress in recent years, yet the efficacy of solid tumors
remains far less than expected. One of the main hurdles is to overcome the immune …

Repolarizing macrophages improves breast cancer therapy

L Cassetta, JW Pollard - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to breast cancer progression and
dissemination; TAM-targeting strategies aimed at their reprogramming show promising …

Targeting and repolarizing M2-like tumor-associated macrophage-mediated MR imaging and tumor immunotherapy by biomimetic nanoparticles

L Chong, YW Jiang, D Wang, P Chang, K Xu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Anti-tumor M1-like and pro-tumor M2-like tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) coexist in
tumor microenvironments (TME). The adverse effects of these M1/M2 subsets on tumors …

Macrophage polarization states in the tumor microenvironment

AJ Boutilier, SF Elsawa - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The M1/M2 macrophage paradigm plays a key role in tumor progression. M1 macrophages
are historically regarded as anti-tumor, while M2-polarized macrophages, commonly …

Molecular repolarisation of tumour-associated macrophages

FJ Van Dalen, MHME Van Stevendaal, FL Fennemann… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The tumour microenvironment (TME) is composed of extracellular matrix and non-mutated
cells supporting tumour growth and development. Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) …

Diverse macrophages polarization in tumor microenvironment

I Rhee - Archives of pharmacal research, 2016 - Springer
Macrophages are traditional innate immune cells that play critical roles in the clearance of
pathogens and the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. Accumulating evidence proves that …

Shaping polarization of tumor-associated macrophages in cancer immunotherapy

J Gao, Y Liang, L Wang - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Different stimuli can polarize macrophages into two basic types, M1 and M2. Tumor-
associated macrophages (TAMs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) are composed of …

Repolarizing heterogeneous leukemia-associated macrophages with more M1 characteristics eliminates their pro-leukemic effects

X Yang, W Feng, R Wang, F Yang, L Wang… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Macrophages exhibit phenotypic heterogeneity under both physiological and pathological
conditions. Applications targeting M2-like tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) improve …