Tumor angiogenesis and vascular normalization: alternative therapeutic targets

C Viallard, B Larrivée - Angiogenesis, 2017 - Springer
Tumor blood vessels are a key target for cancer therapeutic management. Tumor cells
secrete high levels of pro-angiogenic factors which contribute to the creation of an abnormal …

Transport of drugs from blood vessels to tumour tissue

MW Dewhirst, TW Secomb - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The effectiveness of anticancer drugs in treating a solid tumour is dependent on delivery of
the drug to virtually all cancer cells in the tumour. The distribution of drug in tumour tissue …

Principles and mechanisms of vessel normalization for cancer and other angiogenic diseases

P Carmeliet, RK Jain - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
Despite having an abundant number of vessels, tumours are usually hypoxic and nutrient-
deprived because their vessels malfunction. Such abnormal milieu can fuel disease …

Normalization of the vasculature for treatment of cancer and other diseases

S Goel, DG Duda, L Xu, LL Munn… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
New vessel formation (angiogenesis) is an essential physiological process for embryologic
development, normal growth, and tissue repair. Angiogenesis is tightly regulated at the …

Vascular microenvironment, tumor immunity and immunotherapy

Z Lamplugh, Y Fan - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy holds great promise for treating cancer. Nonetheless, T cell-based
immunotherapy of solid tumors has remained challenging, largely due to the lack of …

[HTML][HTML] A review on CXCR4/CXCL12 axis in oncology: no place to hide

UM Domanska, RC Kruizinga, WB Nagengast… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Classical chemotherapeutic anti-cancer treatments induce cell death through DNA damage
by taking advantage of the proliferative behaviour of cancer cells. The more recent approach …

CXCL12 (SDF1α)-CXCR4/CXCR7 pathway inhibition: an emerging sensitizer for anticancer therapies?

DG Duda, SV Kozin, ND Kirkpatrick, L Xu… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Addition of multiple molecularly targeted agents to the existing armamentarium of
chemotherapeutics and radiotherapies represents a significant advance in the management …

PD‐L1 blockade enhances response of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to radiotherapy

A Azad, S Yin Lim, Z D'Costa, K Jones… - EMBO molecular …, 2017 - embopress.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is considered a non‐immunogenic tumor, and
immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy lacks efficacy in this disease. Radiotherapy (RT) …

IL6 derived from cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes chemoresistance via CXCR7 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Y Qiao, C Zhang, A Li, D Wang, Z Luo, Y Ping, B Zhou… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Various factors and cellular components in the tumor microenvironment are key drivers
associated with drug resistance in many cancers. Here, we analyzed the factors and …

Activation of mechanosensitive ion channel TRPV4 normalizes tumor vasculature and improves cancer therapy

RK Adapala, RJ Thoppil, K Ghosh, HC Cappelli… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Tumor vessels are characterized by abnormal morphology and hyperpermeability that
together cause inefficient delivery of chemotherapeutic agents. Although vascular …