Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era

D Lavie, A Ben-Shmuel, N Erez, R Scherz-Shouval - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are central players in the microenvironment of solid
tumors, affecting cancer progression and metastasis. CAFs have diverse phenotypes …

Clinical and therapeutic relevance of cancer-associated fibroblasts

Y Chen, KM McAndrews, R Kalluri - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) found in primary and metastatic tumours are highly
versatile, plastic and resilient cells that are actively involved in cancer progression through …

Pan-cancer single-cell analysis reveals the heterogeneity and plasticity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment

H Luo, X Xia, LB Huang, H An, M Cao, GD Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the predominant components of the tumor
microenvironment (TME) and influence cancer hallmarks, but without systematic …

Single-cell dissection of cellular and molecular features underlying human cervical squamous cell carcinoma initiation and progression

C Liu, M Zhang, X Yan, Y Ni, Y Gong, C Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CESC) is a prototypical human cancer with well-
characterized pathological stages of initiation and progression. However, high-resolution …

FOXA2 drives lineage plasticity and KIT pathway activation in neuroendocrine prostate cancer

M Han, F Li, Y Zhang, P Dai, J He, Y Li, Y Zhu, J Zheng… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Prostate cancer adeno-to-neuroendocrine lineage transition has emerged as a mechanism
of targeted therapeutic resistance. Identifying the direct molecular drivers and developing …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: tumorigenicity and targeting for cancer therapy

RA Glabman, PL Choyke, N Sato - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are found in the tumor
microenvironment and exhibit several protumorigenic functions. Preclinical studies suggest …

Apolipoprotein E induces pathogenic senescent-like myeloid cells in prostate cancer

N Bancaro, B Calì, M Troiani, AR Elia, RA Arzola… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Tumor cells promote the recruitment of immunosuppressive neutrophils, a subset of myeloid
cells driving immune suppression, tumor proliferation, and treatment resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Human prostate cancer bone metastases have an actionable immunosuppressive microenvironment

Y Kfoury, N Baryawno, N Severe, S Mei, K Gustafsson… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Bone metastases are devastating complications of cancer. They are particularly common in
prostate cancer (PCa), represent incurable disease, and are refractory to immunotherapy …

Exosomes in the hypoxic TME: from release, uptake and biofunctions to clinical applications

G He, X Peng, S Wei, S Yang, X Li, M Huang, S Tang… - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Hypoxia is a remarkable trait of the tumor microenvironment (TME). When facing selective
pressure, tumor cells show various adaptive characteristics, such as changes in the …

Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics

Q Zeng, M Mousa, AS Nadukkandy, L Franssens… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Anti-angiogenic therapies (AATs) are used to treat different types of cancers. However, their
success is limited owing to insufficient efficacy and resistance. Recently, single-cell omics …