The tumor microenvironment: a milieu hindering and obstructing antitumor immune responses

A Labani-Motlagh, M Ashja-Mahdavi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the knowledge of the tumor
microenvironment and the immune evasion mechanisms in which the tumor, stroma, and …

Employment of enhanced permeability and retention effect (EPR): Nanoparticle-based precision tools for targeting of therapeutic and diagnostic agent in cancer

D Kalyane, N Raval, R Maheshwari, V Tambe… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In tumorous tissues, the absence of vasculature supportive tissues intimates the formation of
leaky vessels and pores (100 nm to 2 μm in diameter) and the poor lymphatic system offers …

Targeting EMT in cancer with repurposed metabolic inhibitors

V Ramesh, T Brabletz, P Ceppi - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) determines the most lethal features of cancer,
metastasis formation and chemoresistance, and therefore represents an attractive target in …

Nitric oxide synthase in innate and adaptive immunity: an update

C Bogdan - Trends in immunology, 2015 - cell.com
Thirty years after the discovery of its production by activated macrophages, our appreciation
of the diverse roles of nitric oxide (NO) continues to grow. Recent findings have not only …

Gasotransmitters in cancer: from pathophysiology to experimental therapy

C Szabo - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
The three endogenous gaseous transmitters—nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and
hydrogen sulfide (H2S)—regulate a number of key biological functions. Emerging data have …

[HTML][HTML] The dual role of iNOS in cancer

F Vannini, K Kashfi, N Nath - Redox biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the 10 smallest molecules found in nature. It is a simple gaseous
free radical whose predominant functions is that of a messenger through cGMP. In …

Rewiring urea cycle metabolism in cancer to support anabolism

R Keshet, P Szlosarek, A Carracedo, A Erez - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer cells reprogramme metabolism to maximize the use of nitrogen and carbon for the
anabolic synthesis of macromolecules that are required during tumour proliferation and …

3D cell culture systems modeling tumor growth determinants in cancer target discovery

CR Thoma, M Zimmermann, I Agarkova… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
Phenotypic heterogeneity of cancer cells, cell biological context, heterotypic crosstalk and
the microenvironment are key determinants of the multistep process of tumor development …

Current advances of nitric oxide in cancer and anticancer therapeutics

J Mintz, A Vedenko, O Rosete, K Shah, G Goldstein… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a short-lived, ubiquitous signaling molecule that affects numerous critical
functions in the body. There are markedly conflicting findings in the literature regarding the …

Iron and thiol redox signaling in cancer: an exquisite balance to escape ferroptosis

S Toyokuni, F Ito, K Yamashita, Y Okazaki… - Free Radical Biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Epidemiological data indicate a constant worldwide increase in cancer mortality, although
the age of onset is increasing. Recent accumulation of genomic data on human cancer via …