Promotion of cholangiocarcinoma growth by diverse cancer-associated fibroblast subpopulations

S Affo, A Nair, F Brundu, A Ravichandra… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) are a poorly characterized cell population in the context
of liver cancer. Our study investigates CAF functions in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma …

Define cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment: new opportunities in cancer immunotherapy and advances in clinical trials

H Zhang, X Yue, Z Chen, C Liu, W Wu, N Zhang, Z Liu… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Despite centuries since the discovery and study of cancer, cancer is still a lethal and
intractable health issue worldwide. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have gained much …

The tumor microenvironment: a milieu hindering and obstructing antitumor immune responses

A Labani-Motlagh, M Ashja-Mahdavi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the knowledge of the tumor
microenvironment and the immune evasion mechanisms in which the tumor, stroma, and …

Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast clusters linked to immunotherapy resistance in cancer

Y Kieffer, HR Hocine, G Gentric, F Pelon, C Bernard… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
A subset of cancer-associated fibroblasts (FAP+/CAF-S1) mediates immunosuppression in
breast cancers, but its heterogeneity and its impact on immunotherapy response remain …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: overview, progress, challenges, and directions

Q Ping, R Yan, X Cheng, W Wang, Y Zhong… - Cancer gene …, 2021 - nature.com
Tumors are one of the main causes of death in humans. The development of safe and
effective methods for early diagnosis and treatment of tumors is a difficult problem that needs …

Cross-species single-cell analysis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma reveals antigen-presenting cancer-associated fibroblasts

E Elyada, M Bolisetty, P Laise, WF Flynn, ET Courtois… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) are major players in the progression and drug
resistance of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). CAFs constitute a diverse cell …

Extracellular matrix in the tumor microenvironment and its impact on cancer therapy

E Henke, R Nandigama, S Ergün - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Solid tumors are complex organ-like structures that consist not only of tumor cells but also of
vasculature, extracellular matrix (ECM), stromal, and immune cells. Often, this tumor …

Signaling pathways in cancer‐associated fibroblasts: recent advances and future perspectives

Z Fang, Q Meng, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a critical component of the tumor microenvironment (TME), cancer‐associated fibroblasts
(CAFs) play important roles in cancer initiation and progression. Well‐known signaling …

Targeting mitochondria-located circRNA SCAR alleviates NASH via reducing mROS output

Q Zhao, J Liu, H Deng, R Ma, JY Liao, H Liang, J Hu… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Mitochondria, which play central roles in immunometabolic diseases, have their own
genome. However, the functions of mitochondria-located noncoding RNAs are largely …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: an emerging target of anti-cancer immunotherapy

T Liu, C Han, S Wang, P Fang, Z Ma, L Xu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
Among all the stromal cells that present in the tumor microenvironment, cancer-associated
fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the most abundant and critical components of the tumor …