The tumor microenvironment: a milieu hindering and obstructing antitumor immune responses

A Labani-Motlagh, M Ashja-Mahdavi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the knowledge of the tumor
microenvironment and the immune evasion mechanisms in which the tumor, stroma, and …

Cancer-derived exosomes: their role in cancer biology and biomarker development

VC Kok, CC Yu - International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Exosomes are a subset of tiny extracellular vesicles manufactured by all cells and are
present in all body fluids. They are produced actively in tumor cells, which are released and …

Mutant p53 cancers reprogram macrophages to tumor supporting macrophages via exosomal miR-1246

T Cooks, IS Pateras, LM Jenkins, KM Patel… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract TP53 mutants (mutp53) are involved in the pathogenesis of most human cancers.
Specific mutp53 proteins gain oncogenic functions (GOFs) distinct from the tumor …

Exosomes in cancer development and clinical applications

YL Tai, KC Chen, JT Hsieh, TL Shen - Cancer science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes participate in cancer progression and metastasis by transferring bioactive
molecules between cancer and various cells in the local and distant microenvironments …

Extracellular vesicles: new classification and tumor immunosuppression

M Sheta, EA Taha, Y Lu, T Eguchi - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived membrane-surrounded
vesicles that carry bioactive molecules and deliver them to recipient cells. Classical EVs are …

Exosomes in cancer: small particle, big player

X Zhang, X Yuan, H Shi, L Wu, H Qian, W Xu - Journal of hematology & …, 2015 - Springer
Exosomes have emerged as a novel mode of intercellular communication. Exosomes can
shuttle bioactive molecules including proteins, DNA, mRNA, as well as non-coding RNAs …

Three-dimensional culture system of cancer cells combined with biomaterials for drug screening

T Nii, K Makino, Y Tabata - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary For the research and development of drug discovery, it is of prime
importance to construct the three-dimensional (3D) tissue models in vitro. To this end, the …

Stemness in cancer: stem cells, cancer stem cells, and their microenvironment

PM Aponte, A Caicedo - Stem cells international, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Stemness combines the ability of a cell to perpetuate its lineage, to give rise to differentiated
cells, and to interact with its environment to maintain a balance between quiescence …

Exosome and mesenchymal stem cell cross-talk in the tumor microenvironment

TL Whiteside - Seminars in immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a major component of the tumor microenvironment
(TME) and play a key role in promoting tumor progression. The tumor uses exosomes to co …

Exosomes induce fibroblast differentiation into cancer-associated fibroblasts through TGFβ signaling

C Ringuette Goulet, G Bernard, S Tremblay… - Molecular Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
A particularly important tumor microenvironment relationship exists between cancer cells
and surrounding stromal cells. Fibroblasts, in response to cancer cells, become activated …