Cancer chemotherapy: insights into cellular and tumor microenvironmental mechanisms of action

CM Tilsed, SA Fisher, AK Nowak, RA Lake… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chemotherapy has historically been the mainstay of cancer treatment, but our
understanding of what drives a successful therapeutic response remains limited. The …

IL1R1+ cancer-associated fibroblasts drive tumor development and immunosuppression in colorectal cancer

E Koncina, M Nurmik, VI Pozdeev, C Gilson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fibroblasts have a considerable functional and molecular heterogeneity and can play
various roles in the tumor microenvironment. Here we identify a pro-tumorigenic IL1R1+, IL …

Interplay between Signaling Pathways and Tumor Microenvironment Components: A Paradoxical Role in Colorectal Cancer

S Ben Hamouda, K Essafi-Benkhadir - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of the tumor microenvironment (TME) has become an important part of colorectal
cancer (CRC) research. Indeed, it is now accepted that the invasive character of a primary …

Bête noire of chemotherapy and targeted therapy: CAF-mediated resistance

P De, J Aske, R Sulaiman, N Dey - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumor cells struggle to survive following treatment. The struggle ends in
either of two ways. The drug combination used for the treatment blocks the proliferation of …

IL-36 signalling enhances a pro-tumorigenic phenotype in colon cancer cells with cancer cell growth restricted by administration of the IL-36R antagonist

K Baker, C O'Donnell, M Bendix, S Keogh, J Byrne… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
The IL-36 cytokines are a recently described subset of the IL-1 family of cytokines, shown to
play a role in the pathogenesis of intestinal diseases such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease …

Blockade of IL-1α and IL-1β signaling by the anti-IL1RAP antibody nadunolimab (CAN04) mediates synergistic anti-tumor efficacy with chemotherapy

C Rydberg Millrud, A Deronic, C Grönberg… - Cancer Immunology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract IL-1α and IL-1β are both involved in several aspects of tumor biology, including
tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, and not least in resistance to various therapies. IL …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: a versatile mediator in tumor progression, metastasis, and targeted therapy

T Guo, J Xu - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) has been demonstrated to play a significant role in tumor
initiation, progression, and metastasis. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the major …

Exosomes-mediated transfer of LINC00691 regulates the formation of CAFs and promotes the progression of gastric cancer

B Xia, X Gu, T Xu, M Yan, L Huang, C Jiang, M Li… - BMC cancer, 2023 - Springer
Objective Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the malignant tumors with the highest mortality
worldwide. Our previous studies have revealed that LINC00691 is up-regulated in serum of …

Regulation of signal transduction pathways in colorectal cancer: implications for therapeutic resistance

Y Yeoh, TY Low, N Abu, PY Lee - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Resistance to anti-cancer treatments is a critical and widespread health issue that has
brought serious impacts on lives, the economy and public policies. Mounting research has …

Dickkopf 1 is expressed in normal fibroblasts during early stages of colorectal tumorigenesis

Y Inomata, M Kuroha, Y Shimoyama, T Naito… - Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Purpose Colorectal cancer progression from adenoma to cancer is
a time‐intensive process; however, the interaction between normal fibroblasts (NFs) with …