Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

Extracellular ATP: a feasible target for cancer therapy

V Vultaggio-Poma, AC Sarti, F Di Virgilio - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is one of the main biochemical components of the tumor
microenvironment (TME), where it can promote tumor progression or tumor suppression …

Mechanisms of ATP release by inflammatory cells

M Dosch, J Gerber, F Jebbawi, G Beldi - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Extracellular nucleotides (eg, ATP, ADP, UTP, UDP) released by inflammatory cells interact
with specific purinergic P2 type receptors to modulate their recruitment and activation. The …

Extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides as signalling molecules

AL Giuliani, AC Sarti, F Di Virgilio - Immunology letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Extracellular nucleotides, mainly ATP, but also ADP, UTP, UDP and UDP-sugars,
adenosine, and adenine base participate in the “purinergic signalling” pathway, an …

Communication in the cancer microenvironment as a target for therapeutic interventions

A Dominiak, B Chełstowska, W Olejarz, G Nowicka - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex system composed of multiple cells, such as
non-cancerous fibroblasts, adipocytes, immune and vascular cells, as well as signal …

Inhibitors of connexin and pannexin channels as potential therapeutics

J Willebrords, M Maes, SC Yanguas… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
While gap junctions support the exchange of a number of molecules between neighboring
cells, connexin hemichannels provide communication between the cytosol and the …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of Lgr5-independent spheroid-generating progenitors of the mouse fetal intestinal epithelium

RC Mustata, G Vasile, V Fernandez-Vallone, S Strollo… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Immortal spheroids were generated from fetal mouse intestine using the culture system
initially developed to culture organoids from adult intestinal epithelium. Spheroid proportion …

Connexin and pannexin hemichannels in brain glial cells: properties, pharmacology, and roles

C Giaume, L Leybaert, C C. Naus… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Functional interaction between neurons and glia is an exciting field that has expanded
tremendously during the past decade. Such partnership has multiple impacts on neuronal …

MicroRNAs transfer from human macrophages to hepato-carcinoma cells and inhibit proliferation

A Aucher, D Rudnicka, DM Davis - The Journal of Immunology, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Recent research has indicated a new mode of intercellular communication facilitated by the
movement of RNA between cells. There is evidence that RNA can transfer between cells in a …

Glioblastoma microenvironment and cellular interactions

CB Crivii, AB Boșca, CS Melincovici, AM Constantin… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This paper summarizes the crosstalk between tumor/non-tumor cells and
other elements of the glioblastoma (GB) microenvironment. In tumor pathology, glial cells …