Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular risk: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

PB Duell, FK Welty, M Miller, A Chait… - … , and vascular biology, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly common condition that is
believed to affect> 25% of adults worldwide. Unless specific testing is done to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Crosstalk between cancer-associated fibroblasts and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment: new findings and future perspectives

X Mao, J Xu, W Wang, C Liang, J Hua, J Liu, B Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a stromal cell population with cell-of-origin,
phenotypic and functional heterogeneity, are the most essential components of the tumor …

Clinical and therapeutic relevance of cancer-associated fibroblasts

Y Chen, KM McAndrews, R Kalluri - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) found in primary and metastatic tumours are highly
versatile, plastic and resilient cells that are actively involved in cancer progression through …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the tumor stroma for cancer therapy

M Xu, T Zhang, R Xia, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Tumors are comprised of both cancer cells and surrounding stromal components. As an
essential part of the tumor microenvironment, the tumor stroma is highly dynamic …

Diversity and biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts

G Biffi, DA Tuveson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Efforts to develop anti-cancer therapies have largely focused on targeting the epithelial
compartment, despite the presence of non-neoplastic stromal components that substantially …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Turning foes to friends: targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts

X Chen, E Song - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Current paradigms of cancer-centric therapeutics are usually not sufficient to eradicate the
malignancy, as the cancer stroma may prompt tumour relapse and therapeutic resistance …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts in breast cancer: Challenges and opportunities

D Hu, Z Li, B Zheng, X Lin, Y Pan, P Gong… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment is proposed to contribute substantially to the progression of
cancers, including breast cancer. Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most …