The role of hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment and development of cancer stem cell: a novel approach to developing treatment

A Emami Nejad, S Najafgholian, A Rostami… - Cancer Cell …, 2021 - Springer
Hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors, and develops because of the rapid growth of
the tumor that outstrips the oxygen supply, and impaired blood flow due to the formation of …

Tumor microenvironment enriches the stemness features: the architectural event of therapy resistance and metastasis

P Nallasamy, RK Nimmakayala, S Parte, AC Are… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Cancer divergence has many facets other than being considered a genetic term. It is a
tremendous challenge to understand the metastasis and therapy response in cancer …

Intratumoral microbiota: roles in cancer initiation, development and therapeutic efficacy

L Yang, A Li, Y Wang, Y Zhang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other eukaryotes, play critical roles in
human health. An altered microbiome can be associated with complex diseases …

Lactate in the regulation of tumor microenvironment and therapeutic approaches

KG de la Cruz-López, LJ Castro-Muñoz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tumor cells must generate sufficient ATP and biosynthetic precursors in order to maintain
cell proliferation requirements. Otto Warburg showed that tumor cells uptake high amounts …

The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation

J Haerinck, S Goossens, G Berx - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) enables cells to interconvert between several
states across the epithelial–mesenchymal landscape, thereby acquiring hybrid epithelial …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic reprogramming of cancer-associated fibroblasts and its effect on cancer cell reprogramming

Z Li, C Sun, Z Qin - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer cells are well-known for adapting their metabolism to maintain high proliferation
rates and survive in unfavorable environments with low oxygen and nutritional deficiency …

Intercellular mitochondrial transfer as a means of tissue revitalization

D Liu, Y Gao, J Liu, Y Huang, J Yin, Y Feng… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
As the crucial powerhouse for cell metabolism and tissue survival, the mitochondrion
frequently undergoes morphological or positional changes when responding to various …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts in breast cancer: Challenges and opportunities

D Hu, Z Li, B Zheng, X Lin, Y Pan, P Gong… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment is proposed to contribute substantially to the progression of
cancers, including breast cancer. Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most …

Reprogramming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment through nanomedicine: an immunometabolism perspective

J Liu, Y Bai, Y Li, X Li, K Luo - EBioMedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Increasing evidence indicates that immunotherapy is hindered by a hostile tumor
microenvironment (TME) featured with deprivation of critical nutrients and pooling of …

Metabolic codependencies in the tumor microenvironment

P Dey, AC Kimmelman, RA DePinho - Cancer Discovery, 2021 - AACR
Metabolic reprogramming enables cancer cell growth, proliferation, and survival. This
reprogramming is driven by the combined actions of oncogenic alterations in cancer cells …