[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 …

Advances in local therapy for glioblastoma—taking the fight to the tumour

TS van Solinge, L Nieland, EA Chiocca… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite advances in neurosurgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, glioblastoma remains
one of the most treatment-resistant CNS malignancies, and the tumour inevitably recurs. The …

The pros and cons of mesenchymal stem cell-based therapies

A Musiał-Wysocka, M Kot, M Majka - Cell transplantation, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The need to search for new, alternative treatments for various diseases has prompted
scientists and physicians to focus their attention on regenerative medicine and broadly …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the design of hydrogels with different stiffness and their effects on tissue repair

T Luo, B Tan, L Zhu, Y Wang, J Liao - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tissue repair after trauma and infection has always been a difficult problem in regenerative
medicine. Hydrogels have become one of the most important scaffolds for tissue …

Next-generation stem cells—ushering in a new era of cell-based therapies

EA Kimbrel, R Lanza - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Naturally occurring stem cells isolated from humans have been used therapeutically for
decades. This has primarily involved the transplantation of primary cells such as …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell membrane-coated abiotic nanomaterials for biomedical applications

I Ferreira-Faria, S Yousefiasl, A Macário-Soares… - Journal of controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoscale materials have been extensively employed for diagnostic and therapeutic
purposes. However, the developed nanosystems still suffer from some limitations, namely …

Tumour-associated mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: emerging therapeutic targets

Y Shi, L Du, L Lin, Y Wang - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells, also known as mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), exist in many
tissues and are known to actively migrate to sites of tissue injury, where they participate in …

Concise review: MSC adhesion cascade—insights into homing and transendothelial migration

F Nitzsche, C Müller, B Lukomska, J Jolkkonen… - Stem …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are promising candidates for adult cell therapies in
regenerative medicine. To fully exert their potential, efficient homing and migration toward …

[HTML][HTML] Accessories to the crime: functions of cells recruited to the tumor microenvironment

D Hanahan, LM Coussens - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Mutationally corrupted cancer (stem) cells are the driving force of tumor development and
progression. Yet, these transformed cells cannot do it alone. Assemblages of ostensibly …

Concise review: mesenchymal stem cell-based drug delivery: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the promise

TEG Krueger, DLJ Thorek… - Stem cells …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The development of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as cell-based drug delivery vectors for
numerous clinical indications, including cancer, has significant promise. However, a …