Chemokines in the cancer microenvironment and their relevance in cancer immunotherapy

N Nagarsheth, MS Wicha, W Zou - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The tumour microenvironment is the primary location in which tumour cells and the host
immune system interact. Different immune cell subsets are recruited into the tumour …

PD-L1 (B7-H1) and PD-1 pathway blockade for cancer therapy: Mechanisms, response biomarkers, and combinations

W Zou, JD Wolchok, L Chen - Science translational medicine, 2016 - science.org
Gloss PD-L1 and PD-1 (PD) pathway blockade is a highly promising therapy and has
elicited durable antitumor responses and long-term remissions in a subset of patients with a …

[HTML][HTML] Chemokine-directed tumor microenvironment modulation in cancer immunotherapy

P Bule, SI Aguiar, F Aires-Da-Silva… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are a large family of small chemotactic cytokines that coordinates immune cell
trafficking. In cancer, they have a pivotal role in the migration pattern of immune cells into the …

CXCL12/CXCR4: a symbiotic bridge linking cancer cells and their stromal neighbors in oncogenic communication networks

F Guo, Y Wang, J Liu, SC Mok, F Xue, W Zhang - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment has critical roles in all
aspects of cancer biology, including growth, angiogenesis, metastasis and progression …

Cancer-related inflammation

J Candido, T Hagemann - Journal of clinical immunology, 2013 - Springer
Solid tumors consist of neoplastic cells, non-malignant stromal cells, and migratory
hematopoietic cells. Complex interactions between the cell types in this microenvironment …

[HTML][HTML] CXCL12-CXCR4/CXCR7 axis in colorectal cancer: therapeutic target in preclinical and clinical studies

T Khare, M Bissonnette, S Khare - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are chemotactic cytokines that promote cancer growth, metastasis, and
regulate resistance to chemotherapy. Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF1) also known as …

Macrophage polarization: tumor-associated macrophages as a paradigm for polarized M2 mononuclear phagocytes

A Mantovani, S Sozzani, M Locati, P Allavena… - Trends in …, 2002 - cell.com
Mononuclear phagocytes are versatile cells that can express different functional programs in
response to microenvironmental signals. Fully polarized M1 and M2 (or alternatively …

CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 chemokine axis and cancer progression

X Sun, G Cheng, M Hao, J Zheng, X Zhou… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2010 - Springer
Chemokines, small pro-inflammatory chemoattractant cytokines that bind to specific G-
protein-coupled seven-span transmembrane receptors, are major regulators of cell …

Cancer and the chemokine network

F Balkwill - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
A complex network of chemokines and their receptors influences the development of primary
tumours and metastases. New information about the biological role of chemokines in these …

[HTML][HTML] Chemokines in tumor progression and metastasis

PJ Sarvaiya, D Guo, I Ulasov, P Gabikian, MS Lesniak - Oncotarget, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chemokines play a vital role in tumor progression and metastasis. Chemokines are involved
in the growth of many cancers including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer …