Therapeutic targeting of the tumor microenvironment

L Bejarano, MJC Jordāo, JA Joyce - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Strategies to therapeutically target the tumor microenvironment (TME) have emerged as a
promising approach for cancer treatment in recent years due to the critical roles of the TME …

Molecular mechanisms and future implications of VEGF/VEGFR in cancer therapy

SA Patel, MB Nilsson, X Le, T Cascone, RK Jain… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Angiogenesis, the sprouting of new blood vessels from existing vessels, is one of six known
mechanisms employed by solid tumors to recruit blood vessels necessary for their initiation …

Strategies to improve the EPR effect: A mechanistic perspective and clinical translation

M Ikeda-Imafuku, LLW Wang, D Rodrigues… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many efforts have been made to achieve targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to enhance
their efficacy and to reduce their adverse effects. These efforts include the development of …

[HTML][HTML] The role of tumor microenvironment in cancer metastasis: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

CM Neophytou, M Panagi, T Stylianopoulos… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Metastasis, the process by which cancer cells escape primary tumor site
and colonize distant organs, is responsible for most cancer-related deaths. The tumor …

Enhancing cancer immunotherapy using antiangiogenics: opportunities and challenges

D Fukumura, J Kloepper, Z Amoozgar… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major therapeutic modality in oncology. Currently,
however, the majority of patients with cancer do not derive benefit from these treatments …

Engineered nanomedicines with enhanced tumor penetration

J Ding, J Chen, L Gao, Z Jiang, Y Zhang, M Li, Q Xiao… - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has been extensively explored to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy with
modest therapeutic efficacy in the clinic, owing to various factors. A primary factor is …

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 …

Vessel co-option in cancer

EA Kuczynski, PB Vermeulen, F Pezzella… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
All solid tumours require a vascular supply in order to progress. Although the ability to
induce angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth) has long been regarded as essential to this …

Normalizing function of tumor vessels: progress, opportunities, and challenges

JD Martin, G Seano, RK Jain - Annual review of physiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Abnormal blood and lymphatic vessels create a hostile tumor microenvironment
characterized by hypoxia, low pH, and elevated interstitial fluid pressure. These …

Anti-angiogenesis for cancer revisited: Is there a role for combinations with immunotherapy?

RR Ramjiawan, AW Griffioen, DG Duda - Angiogenesis, 2017 - Springer
Angiogenesis is defined as the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting vessels and
has been characterized as an essential process for tumor cell proliferation and viability. This …