Targeting the tumor stroma for cancer therapy

M Xu, T Zhang, R Xia, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Tumors are comprised of both cancer cells and surrounding stromal components. As an
essential part of the tumor microenvironment, the tumor stroma is highly dynamic …

Nanomaterials: breaking through the bottleneck of tumor immunotherapy

Y Kang, S Li - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy exerts its excellent anti-tumor effects by stimulating and enhancing the
immune response of the body, and has become another important class of anti-tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound stiffness and perfusion markers correlate with tumor volume responses to immunotherapy

C Voutouri, F Mpekris, M Panagi, C Krolak, C Michael… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of dozens of cancers and became a
standard of care for some tumor types. However, the majority of patients do not benefit from …

EGFR-selective activation of CD27 co-stimulatory signaling by a bispecific antibody enhances anti-tumor activity of T cells

V Melo, LC Nelemans, M Vlaming, HJ Lourens… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A higher density of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the tumor microenvironment,
particularly cytotoxic CD8+ T cells, is associated with improved clinical outcome in various …

The interplay of tumor vessels and immune cells affects immunotherapy of glioblastoma

M Ghosh, AM Lenkiewicz, B Kaminska - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapies with immune checkpoint inhibitors or adoptive cell transfer have become
powerful tools to treat cancer. These treatments act via overcoming or alleviating tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing drugs for solid tumor treatment: focus on immune checkpoint inhibitors

Q Liu, L Li, W Qin, T Chao - Cancer Biology & Medicine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer remains a significant global health challenge with limited treatment options beyond
systemic therapies, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and molecular targeted therapy …

Magnetic resonance elastography of malignant tumors

G Pagé, P Garteiser, BE Van Beers - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer biomechanical properties, including high stiffness, solid stress, and interstitial
pressure, as well as altered micro-architecture, are drivers of tumorigenesis, invasiveness …

Stabilizing Tumor-Resident Mast Cells Restores T-Cell Infiltration and Sensitizes Sarcomas to PD-L1 Inhibition

M Panagi, F Mpekris, C Voutouri… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
Purpose: To explore the cellular cross-talk of tumor-resident mast cells (MC) in controlling
the activity of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) to overcome tumor microenvironment …

Prognostic value of TIGIT in East Asian patients with solid cancers: A systematic review, meta-analysis and pancancer analysis

S Li, L Li, T Pan, X Li, Y Tong, Y Jin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) participates in tumor
immune escape by delivering inhibitory signals to T cells. The purpose of this article was to …

[HTML][HTML] GelMA hydrogel: A game-changer in 3D tumor modeling

W Jiao, J Shan, X Gong, Y Sun, L Sang, X Ding… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, researchers have increasingly focused on 3D in vitro tumor models as they
possess the capacity to replicate tissue-like characteristics and cell-cell interactions within …