The importance of the tumor microenvironment in the therapeutic management of cancer

C Pottier, A Wheatherspoon, P Roncarati… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tumor prognosis is generally defined by various tumor parameters. However, it is well
known that paracrine, endocrine and cell–cell interactions between the tumor and its …

Inflammatory breast cancer promotes development of M2 tumor-associated macrophages and cancer mesenchymal cells through a complex chemokine network

A Valeta-Magara, A Gadi, V Volta, B Walters, R Arju… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a highly aggressive form of breast cancer that displays
profound cancer stem cell (CSC) and mesenchymal features that promote rapid metastasis …

Cytokines secreted by macrophages isolated from tumor microenvironment of inflammatory breast cancer patients possess chemotactic properties

MM Mohamed, EA El-Ghonaimy, MA Nouh… - The international journal …, 2014 - Elsevier
Although there is a growing literature describing the role of macrophages in breast cancer,
the role of macrophages in inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is unclear. The aim of present …

Tumor microenvironmental plasmacytoid dendritic cells contribute to breast cancer lymph node metastasis via CXCR4/SDF-1 axis

R Gadalla, H Hassan, SA Ibrahim, MS Abdullah… - Breast cancer research …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) infiltration into breast cancer tissues is
associated with poor prognosis. Also, CXCR4 shows compelling evidences to be exploited …

[HTML][HTML] IL-8 secreted by tumor associated macrophages contribute to lapatinib resistance in HER2-positive locally advanced breast cancer via activation of Src/STAT3 …

S Ahmed, HT Mohamed, N El-Husseiny… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is an aggressive disease characterized by late
clinical presentation, large tumor size, treatment resistance and low survival rate. Expression …

Leptin is overexpressed in the tumor microenvironment of obese patients with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer

M Hosney, S Sabet, M El‑Shinawi… - Experimental and …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
The present study aimed to investigate the potential role of leptin in the progression of breast
cancer and the associated cell proliferation signalling pathway (s). A total of 44 female …

Progress for immunotherapy in inflammatory breast cancer and emerging barriers to therapeutic efficacy

RM Koch, DR Principe, JL Cataneo, A Rana - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite recent advances in the treatment of other breast cancer subtypes,
inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) remains a significant clinical challenge, with an overall 5 …

Prognostic impact of perioperative lymphocyte–monocyte ratio in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy

T Yoshida, H Kinoshita, K Yoshida, T Mishima… - Tumor Biology, 2016 - Springer
Various systemic inflammatory response biomarkers are associated with oncological
outcome. We evaluated the superiority of prognostic predictive accuracy between neutrophil …

The immunomodulatory role of tumor Syndecan-1 (CD138) on ex vivo tumor microenvironmental CD4+ T cell polarization in inflammatory and non-inflammatory …

ME Saleh, R Gadalla, H Hassan, A Afifi, M Götte… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Herein, we aimed to identify the immunomodulatory role of tumor Syndecan-1 (CD138) in
the polarization of CD4+ T helper (Th) subsets isolated from the tumor microenvironment of …

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: The Secretome of HCMV+ Tumor-Associated Macrophages Enhances Proliferation, Invasion, Colony Formation, and Expression of …

HT Mohamed, AA El-Sharkawy, M El-Shinawi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a highly aggressive phenotype of breast cancer that is
characterized by a high incidence early metastasis. We previously reported a significant …