Targeting CAFs to overcome anticancer therapeutic resistance

PE Saw, J Chen, E Song - Trends in cancer, 2022 - cell.com
The view of cancer as a tumor cell-centric disease is now replaced by our understanding of
the interconnection and dependency of tumor stroma. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) …

The immune microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

M Huber, CU Brehm, TM Gress, M Buchholz… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The biology of solid tumors is strongly determined by the interactions of cancer cells with
their surrounding microenvironment. In this regard, pancreatic cancer (pancreatic ductal …

Regulation and modulation of antitumor immunity in pancreatic cancer

J Leinwand, G Miller - Nature immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma carries a dismal prognosis, and outcomes have
improved little with modern therapeutics. Checkpoint-based immunotherapy has failed to …

Cancer immunotherapies: from efficacy to resistance mechanisms–not only checkpoint matters

S Wang, K Xie, T Liu - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The immunotherapeutic treatment of various cancers with an increasing number of immune
checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has profoundly improved the clinical management of advanced …

Immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer: why do we keep failing? A focus on tumor immune microenvironment, predictive biomarkers and treatment outcomes

A Di Federico, M Mosca, R Pagani, R Carloni, G Frega… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy and targeted therapies have not
brought about the therapeutic revolution that has been observed in other malignancies …

CAFs orchestrates tumor immune microenvironment—A new target in cancer therapy?

C Zhang, Y Fei, H Wang, S Hu, C Liu, R Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has opened a new landscape in cancer treatment, however, the
poor specificity and resistance of most targeted therapeutics have limited their therapeutic …

The scavenger receptor MARCO expressed by tumor-associated macrophages are highly associated with poor pancreatic cancer prognosis

B Shi, J Chu, T Huang, X Wang, Q Li, Q Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophage-targeting therapies have become attractive strategies for immunotherapy.
Deficiency of MARCO significantly inhibits tumor progression and metastasis in murine …

Extracellular vesicles in pancreatic cancer immune escape: emerging roles and mechanisms

C Liu, D He, L Li, S Zhang, L Wang, Z Fan… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the most lethal malignancy worldwide due to its delayed diagnosis
and limited treatment options. Despite great progress in clinical trials of immunotherapies for …

The tumor microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: current perspectives and future directions

CJ Herting, I Karpovsky, GB Lesinski - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2021 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the most lethal malignancies and is
characterized by a unique tumor microenvironment (TME) consisting of an abundant stromal …

Intestinal microbiota modulates pancreatic carcinogenesis through intratumoral natural killer cells

Q Yu, RC Newsome, M Beveridge, MC Hernandez… - Gut …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Preclinical data demonstrate that the gut microbiota can promote pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC), but mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesized that intestinal …