Current perspectives on the tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma

C Santhakumar, EJ Gane, K Liu… - Hepatology International, 2020 - Springer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a heterogeneous inflammation-driven malignancy,
which, despite significant advances in management, continues to portend a poor prognosis …

[HTML][HTML] Regorafenib plus nivolumab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: the phase 2 RENOBATE trial

HD Kim, S Jung, HY Lim, BY Ryoo, MH Ryu, S Chuah… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Regorafenib has anti-tumor activity in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma
(uHCC) with potential immunomodulatory effects, suggesting that its combination with …

Importance of myeloid derived suppressor cells in cancer from a biomarker perspective

SG Kalathil, Y Thanavala - Cellular immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are a heterogenous population of immature
myeloid cells that accumulate in tumor bearing host and migrate to lymphoid organs and …

MicroRNA-223 attenuates hepatocarcinogenesis by blocking hypoxia-driven angiogenesis and immunosuppression

Y Fu, B Mackowiak, D Feng, H Lu, Y Guan, T Lehner… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The current treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to block angiogenesis
and immunosuppression provides some benefits only for a subset of patients with HCC, thus …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive assessment of immune context and immunotherapy response via noninvasive imaging in gastric cancer

Z Sun, T Zhang, MU Ahmad, Z Zhou… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND The tumor immune microenvironment can provide prognostic and
therapeutic information. We aimed to develop noninvasive imaging biomarkers from …

Cholesterol efflux drives the generation of immunosuppressive macrophages to promote the progression of human hepatocellular carcinoma

Z Li, Y Wang, R Xing, H Zeng, XJ Yu, Y Zhang… - Cancer Immunology …, 2023 - AACR
Cholesterol is often enriched in tumor microenvironment (TME); however, its impact on
disease progression varies in different tissues and cells. Monocytes/macrophages (Mφ) are …

PERK reprograms hematopoietic progenitor cells to direct tumor-promoting myelopoiesis in the spleen

M Liu, C Wu, S Luo, Q Hua, HT Chen, Y Weng… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
The spleen is an important site of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell (HSPC)
preconditioning and tumor-promoting myeloid cell generation in cancer, but the regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] The Transcription of ZIP9 Is Associated With the Macrophage Polarization and the Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Y Gou, D Yang, T Tian, X Zhu, R Zhang, J Ren… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common digestive system cancers
(DSCs) with a poor prognosis. Zinc‐regulated transporter (ZRT)/iron‐regulated transporter …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer cell genetics shaping of the tumor microenvironment reveals myeloid cell-centric exploitable vulnerabilities in hepatocellular carcinoma

CFA Ramirez, D Taranto, M Ando-Kuri… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are abundant and plastic immune cell subsets in the liver, to which pro-
tumorigenic, inflammatory and immunosuppressive roles have been assigned in the course …

[HTML][HTML] Intrahepatic inflammatory IgA+ PD-L1high monocytes in hepatocellular carcinoma development and immunotherapy

PS Sung, DJ Park, PR Roh, K Do Mun… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background IgA neutralizes pathogens to prevent infection at mucosal sites. However,
emerging evidence shows that IgA contributes to aggravating inflammation or dismantling …