Targeting the tumor stroma for cancer therapy

M Xu, T Zhang, R Xia, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Tumors are comprised of both cancer cells and surrounding stromal components. As an
essential part of the tumor microenvironment, the tumor stroma is highly dynamic …

Clinical and therapeutic relevance of cancer-associated fibroblasts

Y Chen, KM McAndrews, R Kalluri - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) found in primary and metastatic tumours are highly
versatile, plastic and resilient cells that are actively involved in cancer progression through …

[HTML][HTML] Fibroblasts in cancer: Unity in heterogeneity

Y Chhabra, AT Weeraratna - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Tumor cells do not exist in isolation in vivo, and carcinogenesis depends on the surrounding
tumor microenvironment (TME), composed of a myriad of cell types and biophysical and …

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 …

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 …

Therapeutic targeting of the tumor microenvironment

L Bejarano, MJC Jordāo, JA Joyce - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Strategies to therapeutically target the tumor microenvironment (TME) have emerged as a
promising approach for cancer treatment in recent years due to the critical roles of the TME …

Translational advances in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma therapy

AN Hosein, SK Dougan, AJ Aguirre, A Maitra - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer that is most frequently
detected at advanced stages, limiting treatment options to systemic chemotherapy with …

Signaling pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts and targeted therapy for cancer

F Wu, J Yang, J Liu, Y Wang, J Mu, Q Zeng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
To flourish, cancers greatly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME),
and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in TME are critical for cancer occurrence and …

Reversing insufficient photothermal therapy-induced tumor relapse and metastasis by regulating cancer-associated fibroblasts

X Li, T Yong, Z Wei, N Bie, X Zhang, G Zhan, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Insufficient tumor accumulation and distribution of photosensitizers as well as low antitumor
immunity severely restrict the therapeutic efficacy of photothermal therapy (PTT). Cancer …

Tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic target in cancer

Y Xiao, D Yu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor microenvironment denotes the non-cancerous cells and components presented in
the tumor, including molecules produced and released by them. The constant interactions …