The cancer-immune dialogue in the context of stress

Y Ma, G Kroemer - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Although there is little direct evidence supporting that stress affects cancer incidence, it does
influence the evolution, dissemination and therapeutic outcomes of neoplasia, as shown in …

cAMP-PKA/EPAC signaling and cancer: the interplay in tumor microenvironment

H Zhang, Y Liu, J Liu, J Chen, J Wang, H Hua… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is a complex disease resulting from abnormal cell growth that is induced by a
number of genetic and environmental factors. The tumor microenvironment (TME), which …

Schwann Cells as Orchestrators of Nerve Repair: Implications for Tissue Regeneration and Pathologies

RM Stassart, JA Gomez-Sanchez… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Peripheral nerves exist in a stable state in adulthood providing a rapid bidirectional
signaling system to control tissue structure and function. However, following injury …

Metabolic heterogeneity in cancer

M Demicco, XZ Liu, K Leithner, SM Fendt - Nature Metabolism, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer cells rewire their metabolism to survive during cancer progression. In this context,
tumour metabolic heterogeneity arises and develops in response to diverse environmental …

Tumor-infiltrating nerves functionally alter brain circuits and modulate behavior in a mouse model of head-and-neck cancer

J Barr, A Walz, AC Restaino, M Amit, SM Barclay… - eLife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Cancer patients often experience changes in mental health, prompting an exploration into
whether nerves infiltrating tumors contribute to these alterations by impacting brain …

Neuronal substance P drives metastasis through an extracellular RNA–TLR7 axis

V Padmanaban, I Keller, ES Seltzer, BN Ostendorf… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Tumour innervation is associated with worse patient outcomes in multiple cancers,, which
suggests that it may regulate metastasis. Here we observed that highly metastatic mouse …

Perineural invasion in colorectal cancer: mechanisms of action and clinical relevance

H Wang, R Huo, K He, L Cheng, S Zhang, M Yu… - Cellular Oncology, 2024 - Springer
Background In recent years, the significance of the nervous system in the tumor
microenvironment has gained increasing attention. The bidirectional communication …

Targeting the peripheral neural-tumour microenvironment for cancer therapy

D Yaniv, B Mattson, S Talbot, FO Gleber-Netto… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
As the field of cancer neuroscience expands, the strategic targeting of interactions between
neurons, cancer cells and other elements in the tumour microenvironment represents a …

Involvement of neuronal factors in tumor angiogenesis and the shaping of the cancer microenvironment

S Shalabi, A Belayachi, B Larrivée - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Emerging evidence suggests that nerves within the tumor microenvironment play a crucial
role in regulating angiogenesis. Neurotransmitters and neuropeptides released by nerves …

IL-1R signaling drives enteric glia-macrophage interactions in colorectal cancer

L van Baarle, V De Simone, L Schneider… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Enteric glia have been recently recognized as key components of the colonic tumor
microenvironment indicating their potential role in colorectal cancer pathogenesis. Although …