Tumor microenvironment: barrier or opportunity towards effective cancer therapy

A Tiwari, R Trivedi, SY Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a specialized ecosystem of host components, designed
by tumor cells for successful development and metastasis of tumor. With the advent of 3D …

Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment

Z Zhang, X Liu, D Chen, J Yu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is delivered for purposes of local control, but can also exert systemic
effect on remote and non-irradiated tumor deposits, which is called abscopal effect. The view …

Tumor abnormality-oriented nanomedicine design

Q Zhou, J Xiang, N Qiu, Y Wang, Y Piao, S Shao… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anticancer nanomedicines have been proven effective in mitigating the side effects of
chemotherapeutic drugs. However, challenges remain in augmenting their therapeutic …

Reshaping the systemic tumor immune environment (STIE) and tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) to enhance immunotherapy efficacy in solid tumors

L Xu, C Zou, S Zhang, TSM Chu, Y Zhang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
The development of combination immunotherapy based on the mediation of regulatory
mechanisms of the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) is promising. However, a deep …

The impact of the tumor microenvironment on macrophage polarization in cancer metastatic progression

H Wang, MMH Yung, HYS Ngan, KKL Chan… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rather than primary solid tumors, metastasis is one of the hallmarks of most cancer deaths.
Metastasis is a multistage event in which cancer cells escape from the primary tumor survive …

Harnessing anti‐tumor and tumor‐tropism functions of macrophages via nanotechnology for tumor immunotherapy

Y Zheng, Y Han, Q Sun, Z Li - Exploration, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reprogramming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment by modulating
macrophages holds great promise in tumor immunotherapy. As a class of professional …

Cancer metastasis: molecular mechanisms and clinical perspectives

SU Khan, K Fatima, F Malik, H Kalkavan… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metastatic progression combined with non-responsiveness towards systemic therapy often
shapes the course of disease for cancer patients and commonly determines its lethal …

Adaptive mechanisms of tumor therapy resistance driven by tumor microenvironment

P Wu, W Gao, M Su, EC Nice, W Zhang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a disease which frequently has a poor prognosis. Although multiple therapeutic
strategies have been developed for various cancers, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy …

Involvement of inflammasomes in tumor microenvironment and tumor therapies

Z Zhang, X Li, Y Wang, Y Wei, X Wei - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Inflammasomes are macromolecular platforms formed in response to damage-associated
molecular patterns (DAMPs) and pathogen-associated molecular patterns, whose formation …

The cancer-immune dialogue in the context of stress

Y Ma, G Kroemer - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Although there is little direct evidence supporting that stress affects cancer incidence, it does
influence the evolution, dissemination and therapeutic outcomes of neoplasia, as shown in …