Fibroblasts in cancer: Unity in heterogeneity

Y Chhabra, AT Weeraratna - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Tumor cells do not exist in isolation in vivo, and carcinogenesis depends on the surrounding
tumor microenvironment (TME), composed of a myriad of cell types and biophysical and …

Signaling pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts and targeted therapy for cancer

F Wu, J Yang, J Liu, Y Wang, J Mu, Q Zeng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
To flourish, cancers greatly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME),
and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in TME are critical for cancer occurrence and …

Navigating CAR-T cells through the solid-tumour microenvironment

AJ Hou, LC Chen, YY Chen - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
The adoptive transfer of T cells that are engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors
(CARs) has shown remarkable success in treating B cell malignancies but only limited …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: overview, progress, challenges, and directions

Q Ping, R Yan, X Cheng, W Wang, Y Zhong… - Cancer gene …, 2021 - nature.com
Tumors are one of the main causes of death in humans. The development of safe and
effective methods for early diagnosis and treatment of tumors is a difficult problem that needs …

Role of cancer‐associated fibroblast subpopulations in immune infiltration, as a new means of treatment in cancer

R Mhaidly, F Mechta‐Grigoriou - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) has been identified as one of the driving factors of tumor
progression and invasion. Within this microenvironment, cancer‐associated fibroblasts …

The tumor microenvironment in tumorigenesis and therapy resistance revisited

K Dzobo, DA Senthebane, C Dandara - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumors are not masses of cancer cells alone but made up of cancer cells,
other cells including fibroblasts, macrophages, endothelial cells, as well as secreted factors …

Exosomal miR-146a-5p and miR-155-5p promote CXCL12/CXCR7-induced metastasis of colorectal cancer by crosstalk with cancer-associated fibroblasts

D Wang, X Wang, Y Song, M Si, Y Sun, X Liu… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
CXC motif chemokine receptor 7 (CXCR7) is a newly discovered atypical chemokine
receptor that binds to CXC motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) with higher affinity than …

NOX4 inhibition potentiates immunotherapy by overcoming cancer-associated fibroblast-mediated CD8 T-cell exclusion from tumors

K Ford, CJ Hanley, M Mellone, C Szyndralewiez… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Determining mechanisms of resistance to αPD-1/PD-L1 immune-checkpoint immunotherapy
is key to developing new treatment strategies. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) have …

Pan-cancer deconvolution of tumour composition using DNA methylation

A Chakravarthy, A Furness, K Joshi, E Ghorani… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The nature and extent of immune cell infiltration into solid tumours are key determinants of
therapeutic response. Here, using a DNA methylation-based approach to tumour cell …

Single-cell analysis reveals prognostic fibroblast subpopulations linked to molecular and immunological subtypes of lung cancer

CJ Hanley, S Waise, MJ Ellis, MA Lopez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fibroblasts are poorly characterised cells that variably impact tumour progression. Here, we
use single cell RNA-sequencing, multiplexed immunohistochemistry and digital cytometry …