Hepatic stellate cells and hepatocarcinogenesis

AE Barry, R Baldeosingh, R Lamm, K Patel… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are a significant component of the hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) tumor microenvironment (TME). Activated HSCs transform into myofibroblast-like …

Targeting cancer associated fibroblasts in liver fibrosis and liver cancer using nanocarriers

L Kaps, D Schuppan - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) and the extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by them
have been recognized as key players in cancer biology and emerged as important targets …

Current strategies for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma by modulating the tumor microenvironment via nano-delivery systems: a review

Y Huang, T Wang, J Yang, X Wu, W Fan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Liver cancer remains a global health challenge with a projected incidence of over one
million cases by 2025. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common primary liver cancer …

Experimental models of hepatocellular carcinoma—a preclinical perspective

A Blidisel, I Marcovici, D Coricovac, F Hut… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized by a broad molecular
and genetic heterogeneity, which makes it a challenging subject in terms of the underlying …

Targeting the Tumor Extracellular Matrix by the Natural Molecule 4-Methylumbelliferone: A Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapeutic Strategy

DL Vitale, A Icardi, P Rosales, FM Spinelli… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In antineoplastic therapy, one of the challenges is to adjust the treatment to the needs of
each patient and reduce the toxicity caused by conventional antitumor strategies. It has been …

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt and its related signaling pathways in the regulation of tumor-associated macrophages polarization

D Yang, L Yang, J Cai, H Li, Z Xing, Y Hou - Molecular and Cellular …, 2022 - Springer
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a type of functionally plastic immune cell
population in tumor microenvironment (TME) and mainly polarized into two phenotypes: M2 …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatocellular-carcinoma-derived organoids: innovation in cancer research

C Airola, M Pallozzi, E Cesari, L Cerrito, L Stella… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) are highly heterogeneous malignancies. They are
characterized by a peculiar tumor microenvironment and dense vascularization. The …

The potential of five immune-related prognostic genes to predict survival and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors for soft tissue sarcomas based on multi-omic …

HY Gu, LL Lin, C Zhang, M Yang, HC Zhong… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Low response rates to immunotherapy have been reported in soft tissue sarcoma (STS).
There are few predictive biomarkers of response, and the tumor immune microenvironment …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Hepatic stellate cell mediates transcription of TNFSF14 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells via H2S/CSE-JNK/JunB signaling pathway

Y Ma, S Wang, Y Wu, B Liu, L Li, W Wang… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) both play important roles in the
development of hepatocellar carcinoma (HCC). Whereas, in the microenvironment of HCC …

The role of microRNAs in hepatocellular cancer: a narrative review focused on tumor microenvironment and drug resistance

A Tavakoli Pirzaman, A Alishah… - … in Cancer Research …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Globally, hepatic cancer ranks fourth in terms of cancer-related mortality and is the sixth
most frequent kind of cancer. Around 80% of liver cancers are hepatocellular carcinomas …