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 …

Role of matrix metalloproteinases in angiogenesis and cancer

S Quintero-Fabián, R Arreola… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
During angiogenesis, new vessels emerge from existing endothelial lined vessels to
promote the degradation of the vascular basement membrane and remodel the extracellular …

Biodegradable NIR‐II Pseudo Conjugate Polymeric Nanoparticles Amplify Photodynamic Immunotherapy via Alleviation of Tumor Hypoxia and Tumor‐Associated …

J Wan, X Zhang, D Tang, T Liu, H Xiao - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has achieved great success in cancer treatment. Despite its
great promise, the efficacy of photodynamic immunotherapy can be limited by the hypoxia in …

VEGF in signaling and disease: beyond discovery and development

RS Apte, DS Chen, N Ferrara - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The discovery of vascular endothelial-derived growth factor (VEGF) has revolutionized our
understanding of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis during development and physiological …

The local microenvironment drives activation of neutrophils in human brain tumors

RR Maas, K Soukup, N Fournier, M Massara, S Galland… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Neutrophils are abundant immune cells in the circulation and frequently infiltrate tumors in
substantial numbers. However, their precise functions in different cancer types remain …

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 …

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 …

The microenvironmental landscape of brain tumors

DF Quail, JA Joyce - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The brain tumor microenvironment (TME) is emerging as a critical regulator of cancer
progression in primary and metastatic brain malignancies. The unique properties of this …

Consensus guidelines for the use and interpretation of angiogenesis assays

P Nowak-Sliwinska, K Alitalo, E Allen, A Anisimov… - Angiogenesis, 2018 - Springer
The formation of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, is a complex process that plays
important roles in growth and development, tissue and organ regeneration, as well as …

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 …