Define cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment: new opportunities in cancer immunotherapy and advances in clinical trials

H Zhang, X Yue, Z Chen, C Liu, W Wu, N Zhang, Z Liu… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Despite centuries since the discovery and study of cancer, cancer is still a lethal and
intractable health issue worldwide. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have gained much …

Exosomal cargos-mediated metabolic reprogramming in tumor microenvironment

S Tan, Y Yang, W Yang, Y Han, L Huang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming is one of the hallmarks of cancer. As nutrients are scarce in the
tumor microenvironment (TME), tumor cells adopt multiple metabolic adaptations to meet …

cAMP-PKA/EPAC signaling and cancer: the interplay in tumor microenvironment

H Zhang, Y Liu, J Liu, J Chen, J Wang, H Hua… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is a complex disease resulting from abnormal cell growth that is induced by a
number of genetic and environmental factors. The tumor microenvironment (TME), which …

Amino acid metabolism in tumor biology and therapy

J Chen, L Cui, S Lu, S Xu - Cell Death & Disease, 2024 - nature.com
Amino acid metabolism plays important roles in tumor biology and tumor therapy.
Accumulating evidence has shown that amino acids contribute to tumorigenesis and tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-associated fibroblasts: Key criminals of tumor pre-metastatic niche

G Dong, P Chen, Y Xu, T Liu, R Yin - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are abundant and important components of the
tumour mesenchyme, and have been extensively studied for their role in primary tumours …

The microprotein encoded by exosomal lncAKR1C2 promotes gastric cancer lymph node metastasis by regulating fatty acid metabolism

KG Zhu, J Yang, Y Zhu, Q Zhu, W Pan, S Deng… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is the prominent route of gastric cancer dissemination, and
usually leads to tumor progression and a dismal prognosis of gastric cancer. Although …

Environmental cadmium exposure facilitates mammary tumorigenesis via reprogramming gut microbiota-mediated glutamine metabolism in MMTV-Erbb2 mice

Y Yue, H Zhang, P Deng, M Tan, C Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that has been widely reported to be linked to the onset and
progression of breast cancer (BC). However, the mechanism of Cd-induced mammary …

[HTML][HTML] ITPR1-AS1 promotes small cell lung cancer metastasis by facilitating P21HRAS splicing and stabilizing DDX3X to activate the cRaf-MEK-ERK cascade

Q Zhang, L Zheng, Y Bai, C Su, Y Che, J Xu, K Sun… - Cancer letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanisms underlying the involvement of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the
metastasis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remain largely unknown. Here, we identified …

Dual role of fibroblasts educated by tumour in cancer behavior and therapeutic perspectives

B Toledo, M Picon-Ruiz, JA Marchal… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tumours are complex systems with dynamic interactions between tumour cells, non-tumour
cells, and extracellular components that comprise the tumour microenvironment (TME). The …

Canagliflozin reduces chemoresistance in hepatocellular carcinoma through PKM2-c-Myc complex-mediated glutamine starvation

Y Zeng, H Jiang, X Zhang, J Xu, X Wu, Q Xu… - Free Radical Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cisplatin (CPT) is one of the standard treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
However, its use is limits as a monotherapy due to drug resistance, and the underlying …