Current perspectives on the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma: challenges and opportunities

C Lu, D Rong, B Zhang, W Zheng, X Wang, Z Chen… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is on the rise due to the prevalence of chronic
hepatitis and cirrhosis. Although there are surgical and chemotherapy treatment avenues …

Optimizing survival and the changing landscape of targeted therapy for intermediate and advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review

H Lim, R Ramjeesingh, D Liu, VC Tam… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background: Systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) consisting of the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor sorafenib has remained unchanged for over a decade, although results from …

GOT2 silencing promotes reprogramming of glutamine metabolism and sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma to glutaminase inhibitors

Y Li, B Li, Y Xu, L Qian, T Xu, G Meng, H Li, Y Wang… - Cancer Research, 2022 - AACR
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the primary liver malignancies with a poor
prognosis. Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 2 (GOT2) is a highly tissue-specific gene in …

The evolution of immune checkpoint inhibitor combinations in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma–A systematic review

BM Meyers, JJ Knox, DM Liu, D McLeod… - Cancer treatment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and objective Since approval of sorafenib in 2008, systemic therapy has been
established as the main treatment option for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …

Melatonin and gastrointestinal cancers: Current evidence based on underlying signaling pathways

MH Pourhanifeh, S Mehrzadi, M Kamali… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, leading causes of cancer-related deaths, have been serious
challenging human diseases up to now. Because of high rates of mortality, late-stage …

[HTML][HTML] Improved anti-hepatocellular carcinoma effect by enhanced Co-delivery of Tim-3 siRNA and sorafenib via multiple pH triggered drug-eluting nanoparticles

C Song, J Zhang, R Wen, Q Li, J Zhou, Z Wu, Y Lv… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective systemic treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains urgently needed.
Sorafenib is the first FDA-approved systemic treatment for HCC. However, individual HCC …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive components and mechanisms of poplar propolis in inhibiting proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells

H Liu, J Li, W Yuan, S Hao, M Wang, F Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to elucidate the bioactive components and anti-tumor
mechanism of poplar propolis extract obtained from North China (CP) in human …

A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 9 (ADAM9) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and their role as a biomarker during hepatocellular carcinoma immunotherapy

S Oh, YJ Park, HJ Lee, J Lee, SH Lee, YS Baek… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The chemotherapeutics sorafenib and regorafenib inhibit shedding of MHC class I-related
chain A (MICA) from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells by suppressing a disintegrin and …

Current perspectives on B lymphocytes in the immunobiology of hepatocellular carcinoma

M Qin, D Wang, Y Fang, Z Zheng, X Liu, F Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune cells infiltrating tumors are capable of significantly impacting carcinogenesis
through cancer promotion and anticancer responses. There are many aspects of …

[HTML][HTML] Application of the woodchuck animal model for the treatment of hepatitis B virus-induced liver cancer

M Suresh, S Menne - World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This review describes woodchucks chronically infected with the woodchuck hepatitis virus
(WHV) as an animal model for hepatocarcinogenesis and treatment of primary liver cancer …