Tumor-associated macrophages as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in breast cancer

X Tang - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Breast cancer development largely depends upon the essential contributions from the tumor
microenvironment, where several inflammatory cell populations (eg macrophages) …

TLRs: linking inflammation and breast cancer

K Bhatelia, K Singh, R Singh - Cellular signalling, 2014 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality in the females. Intensive efforts have
been made to understand the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of breast cancer. The …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals heterogeneous tumor and immune cell populations in early-stage lung adenocarcinomas harboring EGFR mutations

D He, D Wang, P Lu, N Yang, Z Xue, X Zhu, P Zhang… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) harboring EGFR mutations prevails in Asian population.
However, the inter-patient and intra-tumor heterogeneity has not been addressed at single …

Proinflammatory proteins S100A8/S100A9 activate NK cells via interaction with RAGE

K Narumi, R Miyakawa, R Ueda… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
Abstract S100A8/A9, a proinflammatory protein, is upregulated in inflammatory diseases,
and also has a tumor-promoting activity by the recruitment of myeloid cells and tumor cell …

Breast cancer survival outcomes and tumor-associated macrophage markers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Allison, S Edirimanne, J Matthews, SJ Fuller - Oncology and Therapy, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in breast cancer are
associated with a poor prognosis. Early studies of TAMs were largely limited to the pan …

Breast cancers from black women exhibit higher numbers of immunosuppressive macrophages with proliferative activity and of crown-like structures associated with …

T Koru-Sengul, AM Santander, F Miao… - Breast cancer research …, 2016 - Springer
Racial disparities in breast cancer incidence and outcome are a major health care
challenge. Patients in the black race group more likely present with an early onset and more …

Tumor-associated macrophages provide significant prognostic information in urothelial bladder cancer

MM Boström, H Irjala, T Mirtti, P Taimen, T Kauko… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Inflammation is an important feature of carcinogenesis. Tumor-associated macrophages
(TAMs) can be associated with either poor or improved prognosis, depending on their …

Expression of ID4 protein in breast cancer cells induces reprogramming of tumour-associated macrophages

S Donzelli, E Milano, M Pruszko, A Sacconi… - Breast Cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Background As crucial regulators of the immune response against pathogens, macrophages
have been extensively shown also to be important players in several diseases, including …

The density of macrophages in colorectal cancer is inversely correlated to TGF-β1 expression and patients' survival

M Gulubova, J Ananiev, Y Yovchev, A Julianov… - Journal of molecular …, 2013 - Springer
The role of macrophages in colorectal cancer tumorogenesis is complex because they can
both prevent and promote tumor development. We investigated CD68-positive cell infiltration …

High infiltration of mast cells positive to tryptase predicts worse outcome following resection of colorectal liver metastases

S Suzuki, Y Ichikawa, K Nakagawa, T Kumamoto… - BMC cancer, 2015 - Springer
Background Accumulation of tumor-infiltrating mast cells (MCs) predicts poor survival in
several cancers after resection. However, its effect on the prognosis of patients with …