The great immune escape: understanding the divergent immune response in breast cancer subtypes

SS Onkar, NM Carleton, PC Lucas, TC Bruno, AV Lee… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Breast cancer, the most common type of cancer affecting women, encompasses a collection
of histologic (mainly ductal and lobular) and molecular subtypes exhibiting diverse clinical …

Inflammation: A new look at an old problem

E Gusev, Y Zhuravleva - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pro-inflammatory stress is inherent in any cells that are subject to damage or threat of
damage. It is defined by a number of universal components, including oxidative stress …

Three-dimensional cell cultures: the bridge between in vitro and in vivo models

O Urzì, R Gasparro, E Costanzo, A De Luca… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although historically, the traditional bidimensional in vitro cell system has been widely used
in research, providing much fundamental information regarding cellular functions and …

Secretome of stromal cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs): Relevance in cancer

D Mishra, D Banerjee - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The cancer secretome reflects the assortment of proteins released by cancer cells.
Investigating cell secretomes not only provides a deeper knowledge of the healthy and …

Targeting the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) in breast cancer

M Ying-Rui, B Bu-Fan, L Deng, S Rong… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer has a high occurrence rate globally and its treatment has demonstrated
clinical efficacy with the use of systemic chemotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade …

The importance of cancer-associated fibroblasts in targeted therapies and drug resistance in breast cancer

J Zheng, H Hao - Frontiers in Oncology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play a substantial role in the tumor microenvironment,
exhibiting a strong association with the advancement of various types of cancer, including …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts-induced remodeling of tumor immune microenvironment via Jagged1 in glioma

Q Zhang, J Wang, J Zhang, Y Wang, Y Wang, F Liu - Cellular Signalling, 2024 - Elsevier
Tumor immunosuppression are prominent characteristics of brain glioma. Current standard
modality including surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy do not significantly improve …

Exploiting the STAT3 nexus in cancer-associated fibroblasts to improve cancer therapy

A Allam, M Yakou, L Pang, M Ernst… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of a heterogenous population of cells that
exist alongside the extracellular matrix and soluble components. These components can …

[HTML][HTML] PLEKHA4 is a novel prognostic biomarker that reshapes the tumor microenvironment in lower-grade glioma

W Zhi, Y Wang, C Jiang, Y Gong, Q Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Lower-grade glioma (LGG) is a primary intracranial tumor that carry a high risk
of malignant transformation and limited therapeutic options. Emerging evidence indicates …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of the antitumor immune response by cancer-associated fibroblasts: mechanisms and targeting strategies to hamper their immunosuppressive …

J Thiery - Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are highly heterogeneous players that shape the
tumor microenvironment and influence tumor progression, metastasis formation, and …