Obesity and gastrointestinal cancer: the interrelationship of adipose and tumour microenvironments

J O'Sullivan, J Lysaght, CL Donohoe… - Nature reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Increasing recognition of an association between obesity and many cancer types exists, but
how the myriad of local and systemic effects of obesity affect key cellular and non-cellular …

CX3CL1 signaling in the tumor microenvironment

MJ Conroy, J Lysaght - … Microenvironment: The Role of Chemokines–Part …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract CX3CL1 (Fractalkine) is a multifunctional inflammatory chemokine with a single
receptor CX3CR1. The biological effects elicited by CX3CL1 on surrounding cells vary …

Obesity and the risk of gastrointestinal cancers

J Karczewski, B Begier-Krasińska, R Staszewski… - Digestive diseases and …, 2019 - Springer
Obesity is a risk factor for all major gastrointestinal cancers. With the rapid increase in the
prevalence of obesity worldwide, this link could lead to an elevated burden of cancers of the …

The multifactorial effect of obesity on the effectiveness and outcomes of cancer therapies

J Lysaght, MJ Conroy - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2024 - nature.com
Epidemiology studies have demonstrated a clear association between obesity and the
development of several distinct malignancies, with excessive visceral adiposity being an …

Tissue-resident memory T cells in chronic liver diseases: Phenotype, development and function

Y Li, Z You, R Tang, X Ma - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tissue-resident memory (TRM) T cells are a unique subset of memory T cells that are critical
for the first line of defense against pathogens or antigens in peripheral non-lymphoid tissues …

Real-time ex vivo monitoring of NK cell migration toward obesity-associated oesophageal adenocarcinoma following modulation of CX3CR1

E Mylod, F O'Connell, NE Donlon, M Davern… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Oesophagogastric adenocarcinomas (OAC) are poor prognosis, obesity-associated cancers
which may benefit from natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapies. Cellular …

Tissue-Resident memory T cells in the Liver—Unique characteristics of local specialists

LM Bartsch, MPS Damasio, S Subudhi, HK Drescher - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
T cells play an important role to build up an effective immune response and are essential in
the eradication of pathogens. To establish a long-lasting protection even after a re-challenge …

Identifying a Novel Role for Fractalkine (CX3CL1) in Memory CD8+ T Cell Accumulation in the Omentum of Obesity-Associated Cancer Patients

MJ Conroy, SG Maher, AM Melo, SL Doyle… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The omentum is enriched with pro-inflammatory effector memory CD8+ T cells in patients
with the obesity-associated malignancy, esophagogastric adenocarcinoma (EAC) and we …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue distribution of γδ T cell subsets in oesophageal adenocarcinoma

AM Melo, E Mylod, V Fitzgerald, NE Donlon… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global obesity epidemic is contributing to increased prevalence of diseases fuelled by
chronic inflammation, including cancer. Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is an obesity …

Differential effects of dietary versus exercise intervention on intrahepatic MAIT cells and histological features of NAFLD

S Naimimohasses, P O'Gorman, C Wright, D Ni Fhloinn… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells promote inflammation in obesity
and are implicated in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However …