Metastatic colorectal cancer: mechanisms and emerging therapeutics

AE Shin, FG Giancotti, AK Rustgi - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) remains a lethal disease with an approximately 14% 5-
year survival rate. While early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) can be cured by surgery with …

The cellular origins of cancer-associated fibroblasts and their opposing contributions to pancreatic cancer growth

P Manoukian, M Bijlsma… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic tumors are known to harbor an abundant and highly desmoplastic stroma.
Among the various cell types that reside within tumor stroma, cancer-associated fibroblasts …

Decoding the Complexity of Immune–Cancer Cell Interactions: Empowering the Future of Cancer Immunotherapy

K Maffuid, Y Cao - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell-to-cell communication between the immune system and tumors is of
the utmost importance; it influences the development of tumors, their growth, and how they …

Metabolic targeting of cancer associated fibroblasts overcomes T-cell exclusion and chemoresistance in soft-tissue sarcomas

MT Broz, EY Ko, K Ishaya, J Xiao, M De Simone… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
T cell-based immunotherapies have exhibited promising outcomes in tumor control;
however, their efficacy is limited in immune-excluded tumors. Cancer-associated fibroblasts …

Key promoters of tumor hallmarks

K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor - International journal of clinical oncology, 2022 - Springer
Evolution of tumor hallmarks is a result of accommodation of tumor cells with their nearby
milieu called tumor microenvironment (TME). Accommodation or adaptive responses is …

Tumor-associated fibrosis impairs the response to immunotherapy

A Naik, A Leask - Matrix Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Previously, impaired responses to immunotherapy in cancer had been attributed mainly to
inherent tumor characteristics (tumor cell intrinsic factors) such as low immunogenicity,(low) …

Senescence and immunoregulation in the tumor microenvironment

MK Ruhland, E Alspach - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment, but despite the many lives that have
been extended by these therapies many patients do not respond for reasons that are not …

Identification of a cancer associated fibroblasts-related index to predict prognosis and immune landscape in ovarian cancer

Y Ye, S Zhang, Y Jiang, Y Huang, G Wang, M Zhang… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play a role in ovarian cancer (OV) evolution,
immunosuppression and promotion of drug resistance. Exploring the value of CAFs-related …

Implications for immunotherapy of breast cancer by understanding the microenvironment of a solid tumor

AS Franzén, MJ Raftery, G Pecher - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in women.
Treatment options include immunotherapy where elements of the immune system are used …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of a novel cancer-associated fibroblast-related signature to predict clinical outcome and immune response in colon adenocarcinoma

L Zheng, J Zhang, Y Ye, Z Shi, Y Huang… - Aging (Albany …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The interaction between the tumour and the surrounding microenvironment determines the
malignant biological behaviour of the tumour. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) …