Macrophages at the interface of the co-evolving cancer ecosystem

DJ Kloosterman, L Akkari - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Macrophages are versatile and heterogeneous innate immune cells undertaking central
functions in balancing immune responses and tissue repair to maintain homeostasis. This …

Good CARMA: Turning bad tumor‐resident myeloid cells good with chimeric antigen receptor macrophages

CM Snyder, SI Gill - Immunological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In religious philosophy, the concept of karma represents the effect of one's past and present
actions on one's future. Macrophages are highly plastic cells with myriad roles in health and …

Genome-wide CRISPR screens define determinants of epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediated immune evasion by pancreatic cancer cells

Y Gu, Z Zhang, MGM Camps, F Ossendorp… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The genetic circuits that allow cancer cells to evade immune killing via epithelial
mesenchymal plasticity remain poorly understood. Here, we showed that mesenchymal-like …

[HTML][HTML] Tumour-associated macrophages: versatile players in the tumour microenvironment

ZZ Ji, MKK Chan, ASW Chan, KT Leung… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Tumour-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) are one of the pivotal components of the
tumour microenvironment. Their roles in the cancer immunity are complicated, both pro …

MXRA8 is an immune-relative prognostic biomarker associated with metastasis and CD8+ T cell infiltration in colorectal cancer

L Tan, D Fu, F Liu, J Liu, Y Zhang, X Li, J Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related
deaths worldwide. Tumor metastasis and CD8+ T cell infiltration play a crucial role in CRC …

Metabolic guidance and stress in tumors modulate antigen-presenting cells

J Park, L Wang, PC Ho - Oncogenesis, 2022 - nature.com
Successful antitumor immunity largely relies on efficient T cell priming by antigen-presenting
cells (APCs); however, the capacity of APCs is found to be defective in many cancers …

Prognostic value of EMT gene signature in malignant mesothelioma

L Wu, K Yoshihara, H Yun, S Karim, N Shokri… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malignant mesothelioma (MESO) consists of epithelioid, biphasic, and sarcomatoid
subtypes with different epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) phenotypes. We previously …

The role of tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition and macrophage crosstalk in cancer progression

AM May, L Batoon, LK McCauley, ET Keller - Current Osteoporosis …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to summarize the recently
published findings regarding the role of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in tumor …

Curcuminoids as modulators of EMT in invasive cancers: A review of molecular targets with the contribution of malignant mesothelioma studies

DL Pouliquen, A Boissard, C Henry… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Curcuminoids, which include natural acyclic diarylheptanoids and the synthetic analogs of
curcumin, have considerable potential for fighting against all the characteristics of invasive …

A PRRX1 Signature Identifies TIM-3 and VISTA as Potential Immune Checkpoint Targets in a Subgroup of Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

V Nygaard, AH Ree, VJ Dagenborg… - Cancer Research …, 2023 - AACR
Disease recurrence and drug resistance are major challenges in the clinical management of
patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases (CLM), and because tumors are generally …