The complex role of tumor-infiltrating macrophages

A Christofides, L Strauss, A Yeo, C Cao, A Charest… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long recognized as an evolutionarily ancient cell type involved in tissue homeostasis and
immune defense against pathogens, macrophages are being re-discovered as regulators of …

Controlled anti-cancer drug release through advanced nano-drug delivery systems: Static and dynamic targeting strategies

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

Cholesterol metabolism in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

B Huang, B Song, C Xu - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
Cholesterol metabolism produces essential membrane components as well as metabolites
with a variety of biological functions. In the tumour microenvironment, cell-intrinsic and cell …

Myeloid immunosuppression and immune checkpoints in the tumor microenvironment

K Nakamura, MJ Smyth - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor-promoting inflammation and the avoidance of immune destruction are hallmarks of
cancer. While innate immune cells, such as neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages, are …

Cancer immunoediting and immune dysregulation in multiple myeloma

K Nakamura, MJ Smyth… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Avoiding immune destruction is a hallmark of cancer. Over the past few years, significant
advances have been made in understanding immune dysfunction and immunosuppression …

Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol: Mechanistic insights

D de Sá Coutinho, MT Pacheco, RL Frozza… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is the principal response invoked by the body to address injuries. Despite
inflammation constituting a crucial component of tissue repair, it is well known that …

Dysregulated IL-18 is a key driver of immunosuppression and a possible therapeutic target in the multiple myeloma microenvironment

K Nakamura, S Kassem, A Cleynen, ML Chretien… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Tumor-promoting inflammation and avoiding immune destruction are hallmarks of cancer.
Here, we demonstrate that the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-18 is critically …

[HTML][HTML] Redox control of cancer cell destruction

C Hegedűs, K Kovács, Z Polgár, Z Regdon, É Szabó… - Redox biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Redox regulation has been proposed to control various aspects of carcinogenesis, cancer
cell growth, metabolism, migration, invasion, metastasis and cancer vascularization. As …

Tumor-associated extracellular matrix: how to be a potential aide to anti-tumor immunotherapy?

Y He, T Liu, S Dai, Z Xu, L Wang, F Luo - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The development of cancer immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint blockade
therapy, has made major breakthroughs in the therapy of cancers. However, less than one …

NLRP6 is required for cancer-derived exosome-modified macrophage M2 polarization and promotes metastasis in small cell lung cancer

X Rao, X Zhou, G Wang, X Jie, B Xing, Y Xu… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Metastasis remains the primary cause of small cell lung cancer (SCLC)-related deaths.
Growing evidence links tumor metastasis with a pre-metastatic microenvironment …