Strategy of targeting the tumor microenvironment via inhibition of fibroblast/fibrosis remodeling new era to cancer chemo-immunotherapy resistance

M Tajaldini, A Poorkhani, T Amiriani, A Amiriani… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of repurposing drugs that may have neoplastic and anticancer effects increases the
efficiency and decrease resistance to chemotherapy drugs through a biochemical and …

[HTML][HTML] Collagen code in tumor microenvironment: functions, molecular mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhang, ZY An, W Jiang, WL Jin, XY He - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is crucial in cancer progression, and the extracellular
matrix (ECM) is an important TME component. Collagen is a major ECM component that …

The diverse effects of cisplatin on tumor microenvironment: insights and challenges for the delivery of cisplatin by nanoparticles

X Meng, F Ma, D Yu - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Cisplatin is a well-known platinum-based chemotherapy medication that is widely utilized for
some malignancies. Despite the direct cytotoxic consequences of cisplatin on tumor cells …

Targeting YAP/TAZ in combination with PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

KA Papavassiliou, G Marinos, AG Papavassiliou - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The survival of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients has improved in the last decade
as a result of introducing new therapeutics, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, in the …

Therapeutic strategies to overcome fibrotic barriers to nanomedicine in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment

HY Tanaka, T Nakazawa, A Enomoto, A Masamune… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat. Novel treatment strategies are
urgently needed to improve the survival rate, which is approximately 10% five years after …

Tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic target in melanoma treatment

N Kharouf, TW Flanagan, SY Hassan, H Shalaby… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As a solid tumor, melanoma is not only a tumor mass of monolithic tumor
cells, but it also contains supporting stroma, extracellular matrix (ECM), and soluble …

Biomaterial-based responsive nanomedicines for targeting solid tumor microenvironments

K Avgoustakis, A Angelopoulou - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Solid tumors are composed of a highly complex and heterogenic microenvironment, with
increasing metabolic status. This environment plays a crucial role in the clinical therapeutic …

YAP at the Crossroads of Biomechanics and Drug Resistance in Human Cancer

M Huang, H Wang, C Mackey, MC Chung… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomechanical forces are of fundamental importance in biology, diseases, and medicine.
Mechanobiology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies how biological …

Nanomaterials in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

F Brero, S Gallo - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, the most commonly used treatments for cancer are surgery, radiotherapy, and
chemotherapy [1–6]. All three methods could lead to damaging normal tissues or the …

Nanostructured Biomaterials in 3D Tumor Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Regenerative Medicine and Immunotherapies

A Angelopoulou - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The evaluation of nanostructured biomaterials and medicines is associated with 2D cultures
that provide insight into biological mechanisms at the molecular level, while critical aspects …