Harnessing anti‐tumor and tumor‐tropism functions of macrophages via nanotechnology for tumor immunotherapy

Y Zheng, Y Han, Q Sun, Z Li - Exploration, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reprogramming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment by modulating
macrophages holds great promise in tumor immunotherapy. As a class of professional …

Nanomedicine-based cancer immunotherapies developed by reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages

X Li, X Guo, J Ling, Z Tang, G Huang, L He, T Chen - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor microenvironment is a complex ecosystem composed of tumor extracellular matrix,
fibroblasts, blood vessels, and immune cells, promoting tumor development by secreting …

Engineering macrophages for cancer immunotherapy and drug delivery

Y Xia, L Rao, H Yao, Z Wang, P Ning… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages play an important role in cancer development and metastasis.
Proinflammatory M1 macrophages can phagocytose tumor cells, while anti‐inflammatory M2 …

Nanomaterials targeting tumor associated macrophages for cancer immunotherapy

C Zhao, X Pang, Z Yang, S Wang, H Deng… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in regulating tumor growth,
invasion and metastasis, and constitute approximately 50% of tumor mass. TAMs can exist …

Tumor-associated macrophages in cancer: recent advancements in cancer nanoimmunotherapies

N Kumari, SH Choi - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2022 - Springer
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as a novel cancer treatment, although recent
immunotherapy trials have produced suboptimal outcomes, with durable responses seen …

Tailoring nanomaterials for targeting tumor‐associated macrophages

M Ovais, M Guo, C Chen - Advanced materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in the field of nanotechnology together with an increase understanding of tumor
immunology have paved the way for the development of more personalized cancer immuno …

Tackling TAMs for cancer immunotherapy: it's nano time

Y Yang, J Guo, L Huang - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2020 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a highly complex environment that surrounds tumors.
Interactions between cancer cells/non-cancerous cells and cells/non-cell components in the …

Macrophage‐mediated tumor cell phagocytosis: opportunity for nanomedicine intervention

X Zhou, X Liu, L Huang - Advanced functional materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages are one of the most abundant non‐malignant cells in the tumor
microenvironment, playing critical roles in mediating tumor immunity. As important innate …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment remodeling and tumor therapy based on M2-like tumor associated macrophage-targeting nano-complexes

S Han, W Wang, S Wang, T Yang, G Zhang, D Wang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Among the many immunosuppressive cells in the tumor microenvironment,
tumor-associated-macrophages (TAMs) are well known to contribute to tumor development …

Functionalized nanoparticles targeting tumor-associated macrophages as cancer therapy

Y He, RF de Araújo Júnior, LJ Cruz, C Eich - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a central role in regulating antitumor immune
responses. As an important part of the TME, alternatively activated type 2 (M2) macrophages …