Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era

D Lavie, A Ben-Shmuel, N Erez, R Scherz-Shouval - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are central players in the microenvironment of solid
tumors, affecting cancer progression and metastasis. CAFs have diverse phenotypes …

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 …

Fibroblasts in cancer: Unity in heterogeneity

Y Chhabra, AT Weeraratna - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Tumor cells do not exist in isolation in vivo, and carcinogenesis depends on the surrounding
tumor microenvironment (TME), composed of a myriad of cell types and biophysical and …

Signaling pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts and targeted therapy for cancer

F Wu, J Yang, J Liu, Y Wang, J Mu, Q Zeng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
To flourish, cancers greatly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME),
and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in TME are critical for cancer occurrence and …

Spatial deconvolution of HER2-positive breast cancer delineates tumor-associated cell type interactions

A Andersson, L Larsson, L Stenbeck, F Salmén… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In the past decades, transcriptomic studies have revolutionized cancer treatment and
diagnosis. However, tumor sequencing strategies typically result in loss of spatial …

The tumor microenvironment shows a hierarchy of cell-cell interactions dominated by fibroblasts

S Mayer, T Milo, A Isaacson, C Halperin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is comprised of non-malignant cells that interact with
each other and with cancer cells, critically impacting cancer biology. The TME is complex …

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 …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: from basic science to anticancer therapy

D Yang, J Liu, H Qian, Q Zhuang - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), as a central component of the tumor
microenvironment in primary and metastatic tumors, profoundly influence the behavior of …

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 …

Lung tumor MHCII immunity depends on in situ antigen presentation by fibroblasts

D Kerdidani, E Aerakis, KM Verrou, I Angelidis… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
A key unknown of the functional space in tumor immunity is whether CD4 T cells depend on
intratumoral MHCII cancer antigen recognition. MHCII-expressing, antigen-presenting …