Macrophages as tools and targets in cancer therapy

A Mantovani, P Allavena, F Marchesi… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour-associated macrophages are an essential component of the tumour
microenvironment and have a role in the orchestration of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix …

Clinical relevance of tumour-associated macrophages

MJ Pittet, O Michielin, D Migliorini - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, substantial advances have been made in understanding the biology of
tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs), and their clinical relevance is emerging. A …

Macrophage diversity in cancer revisited in the era of single-cell omics

RY Ma, A Black, BZ Qian - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) have multiple potent functions in cancer and, thus,
represent important therapeutic targets. These diverse functions highlight the heterogenous …

Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression

G El Tekle, WS Garrett - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells originate from a series of acquired genetic mutations that can drive their
uncontrolled cell proliferation and immune evasion. Environmental factors, including the …

Single-cell and bulk transcriptome sequencing identifies two epithelial tumor cell states and refines the consensus molecular classification of colorectal cancer

I Joanito, P Wirapati, N Zhao, Z Nawaz, G Yeo, F Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The consensus molecular subtype (CMS) classification of colorectal cancer is based on bulk
transcriptomics. The underlying epithelial cell diversity remains unclear. We analyzed …

Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

Spatial components of molecular tissue biology

G Palla, DS Fischer, A Regev, FJ Theis - Nature Biotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Methods for profiling RNA and protein expression in a spatially resolved manner are rapidly
evolving, making it possible to comprehensively characterize cells and tissues in health and …

Spatial profiling technologies illuminate the tumor microenvironment

O Elhanani, R Ben-Uri, L Keren - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of many different cellular and acellular
components that together drive tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and response to …

CD8+ T cells in the cancer-immunity cycle

JR Giles, AM Globig, SM Kaech, EJ Wherry - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
CD8+ T cells are end effectors of cancer immunity. Most forms of effective cancer
immunotherapy involve CD8+ T cell effector function. Here, we review the current …

CXCL9:SPP1 macrophage polarity identifies a network of cellular programs that control human cancers

R Bill, P Wirapati, M Messemaker, W Roh, B Zitti… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Tumor microenvironments (TMEs) influence cancer progression but are complex and often
differ between patients. Considering that microenvironment variations may reveal rules …