Tumor-associated macrophages in human breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian and prostate cancers

I Larionova, G Tuguzbaeva, A Ponomaryova… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are major innate immune cells that constitute up to
50% of the cell mass of human tumors. TAMs are highly heterogeneous cells that originate …

Genetics and biology of prostate cancer

G Wang, D Zhao, DJ Spring… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite the high long-term survival in localized prostate cancer, metastatic prostate cancer
remains largely incurable even after intensive multimodal therapy. The lethality of advanced …

Dissecting the immune suppressive human prostate tumor microenvironment via integrated single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses

T Hirz, S Mei, H Sarkar, Y Kfoury, S Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The treatment of low-risk primary prostate cancer entails active surveillance only, while high-
risk disease requires multimodal treatment including surgery, radiation therapy, and …

How to turn up the heat on the cold immune microenvironment of metastatic prostate cancer

J Stultz, L Fong - Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, 2021 - nature.com
Background Advanced prostate cancer remains one of the most common and deadly
cancers, despite advances in treatment options. Immunotherapy has provided little benefit to …

The inflammatory microenvironment and microbiome in prostate cancer development

KS Sfanos, S Yegnasubramanian, WG Nelson… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Chronic inflammation promotes the development of several types of solid cancers and might
contribute to prostate carcinogenesis. This hypothesis partly originates in the frequent …

CCL5 derived from tumor-associated macrophages promotes prostate cancer stem cells and metastasis via activating β-catenin/STAT3 signaling

R Huang, S Wang, N Wang, Y Zheng, J Zhou… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Prostate cancer stem cells (PCSCs) play a critical role in prostate cancer progression and
metastasis, which remains an obstacle for successful prostate cancer treatment. Tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Re-education of tumor-associated macrophages by CXCR2 blockade drives senescence and tumor inhibition in advanced prostate cancer

D Di Mitri, M Mirenda, J Vasilevska, A Calcinotto… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) represent a major component of the tumor
microenvironment supporting tumorigenesis. TAMs re-education has been proposed as a …

Long non‐coding RNA cox‐2 prevents immune evasion and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma by altering M1/M2 macrophage polarization

Y Ye, Y Xu, YU Lai, W He, Y Li, R Wang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages have been shown to demonstrate a high level of plasticity, with the ability to
undergo dynamic transition between M1 and M2 polarized phenotypes. We investigate long …

The immune landscape of prostate cancer and nomination of PD-L2 as a potential therapeutic target

SG Zhao, J Lehrer, SL Chang, R Das… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Immunotherapy has been less successful in treating prostate cancer than other
solid tumors. We sought to better understand the immune landscape in prostate cancer and …

M2 macrophages and regulatory T cells in lethal prostate cancer

A Erlandsson, J Carlsson, M Lundholm, A Fält… - The …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in the
world. Emerging evidence suggests that inflammatory cells such as M2 macrophages and …