Biology and therapeutic targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A

L Pérez-Gutiérrez, N Ferrara - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of new blood vessels, called angiogenesis, is an essential pathophysiological
process in which several families of regulators have been implicated. Among these, vascular …

Evolving therapeutic landscape of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

C Yang, H Zhang, L Zhang, AX Zhu… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common solid malignancies worldwide.
A large proportion of patients with HCC are diagnosed at advanced stages and are only …

Molecular pathogenesis and systemic therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

JM Llovet, R Pinyol, RK Kelley, A El-Khoueiry… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains one of the most prevalent and deadliest cancers.
The poor outcome associated with HCC is dramatically changing due to the advent of …

Opposing roles of hepatic stellate cell subpopulations in hepatocarcinogenesis

A Filliol, Y Saito, A Nair, DH Dapito, LX Yu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the fourth leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide,
develops almost exclusively in patients with chronic liver disease and advanced fibrosis …

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-related hepatocellular carcinoma: pathogenesis and treatment

JM Llovet, CE Willoughby, AG Singal… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including its more severe manifestation,
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), has a global prevalence of 20–25% and is a major …

Global trends in hepatocellular carcinoma epidemiology: implications for screening, prevention and therapy

AG Singal, F Kanwal, JM Llovet - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) mortality rates are increasing globally, and particularly in
the Western world. Cirrhosis remains the predominant risk factor for HCC. However …

Natural killer cell homing and trafficking in tissues and tumors: from biology to application

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a subgroup of innate lymphoid cells, act as the first line of defense
against cancer. Although some evidence shows that NK cells can develop in secondary …

Heterostructural Nanoadjuvant CuSe/CoSe2 for Potentiating Ferroptosis and Photoimmunotherapy through Intratumoral Blocked Lactate Efflux

C Yang, M Wang, M Chang, M Yuan… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The desirable curative effect in clinical immunotherapy has been challenging due to the
immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) with high lactic acid (LA) metabolism in …

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus lenvatinib plus placebo for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (LEAP-002): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial

JM Llovet, M Kudo, P Merle, T Meyer, S Qin… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Systemic therapies have improved the management of hepatocellular
carcinoma, but there is still a need to further enhance overall survival in first-line advanced …

Inflamed and non-inflamed classes of HCC: a revised immunogenomic classification

C Montironi, F Castet, PK Haber, R Pinyol… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective We previously reported a characterisation of the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
immune contexture and described an immune-specific class. We now aim to further …