Inflammation and tumor progression: signaling pathways and targeted intervention

H Zhao, L Wu, G Yan, Y Chen, M Zhou… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer development and its response to therapy are regulated by inflammation, which
either promotes or suppresses tumor progression, potentially displaying opposing effects on …

Targeting cytokine and chemokine signaling pathways for cancer therapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, H Zhang, Y Wu, K Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Cytokines are critical in regulating immune responses and cellular behavior, playing dual
roles in both normal physiology and the pathology of diseases such as cancer. These …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals evolution of immune landscape during glioblastoma progression

AT Yeo, S Rawal, B Delcuze, A Christofides… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable primary malignant brain cancer hallmarked with a
substantial protumorigenic immune component. Knowledge of the GBM immune …

Chemokines and chemokine receptors: new targets for cancer immunotherapy

V Mollica Poeta, M Massara, A Capucetti… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy is a clinically validated treatment for many cancers to boost the immune
system against tumor growth and dissemination. Several strategies are used to harness …

The role of the CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 chemokine axis in cancer

Y Shi, DJ Riese, J Shen - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chemokines are a family of small, secreted cytokines which regulate a variety of cell
functions. The CXC motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) binds to CXC chemokine receptor …

Chemokines modulate immune surveillance in tumorigenesis, metastasis, and response to immunotherapy

AE Vilgelm, A Richmond - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chemokines are small secreted proteins that orchestrate migration and positioning of
immune cells within the tissues. Chemokines are essential for the function of the immune …

Chemokine-directed tumor microenvironment modulation in cancer immunotherapy

P Bule, SI Aguiar, F Aires-Da-Silva… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are a large family of small chemotactic cytokines that coordinates immune cell
trafficking. In cancer, they have a pivotal role in the migration pattern of immune cells into the …

Blocking CXCR4 alleviates desmoplasia, increases T-lymphocyte infiltration, and improves immunotherapy in metastatic breast cancer

IX Chen, VP Chauhan, J Posada… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Metastatic breast cancers (mBCs) are largely resistant to immune checkpoint blockade, but
the mechanisms remain unclear. Primary breast cancers are characterized by a dense …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms regulating T-cell infiltration and activity in solid tumors

E Lanitis, D Dangaj, M Irving, G Coukos - Annals of Oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
T-lymphocytes play a critical role in cancer immunity as evidenced by their presence in
resected tumor samples derived from long-surviving patients, and impressive clinical …

CXCL12/CXCR4: a symbiotic bridge linking cancer cells and their stromal neighbors in oncogenic communication networks

F Guo, Y Wang, J Liu, SC Mok, F Xue, W Zhang - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment has critical roles in all
aspects of cancer biology, including growth, angiogenesis, metastasis and progression …