Tumor microenvironment: barrier or opportunity towards effective cancer therapy

A Tiwari, R Trivedi, SY Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a specialized ecosystem of host components, designed
by tumor cells for successful development and metastasis of tumor. With the advent of 3D …

The updated landscape of tumor microenvironment and drug repurposing

MZ Jin, WL Jin - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence shows that cellular and acellular components in tumor
microenvironment (TME) can reprogram tumor initiation, growth, invasion, metastasis, and …

Tumor-induced neurogenesis and immune evasion as targets of innovative anti-cancer therapies

RD Cervantes-Villagrana, D Albores-García… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Normal cells are hijacked by cancer cells forming together heterogeneous tumor masses
immersed in aberrant communication circuits that facilitate tumor growth and dissemination …

[HTML][HTML] Perineural invasion of cancer: a complex crosstalk between cells and molecules in the perineural niche

SH Chen, BY Zhang, B Zhou, CZ Zhu… - American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Perineural invasion (PNI) can be found in a variety of malignant tumors. It is a sign of tumor
metastasis and invasion and portends the poor prognosis of patients. The pathological …

Role of the nervous system in cancers: a review

H Wang, Q Zheng, Z Lu, L Wang, L Ding, L Xia… - Cell death …, 2021 - nature.com
Nerves are important pathological elements of the microenvironment of tumors, including
those in pancreatic, colon and rectal, prostate, head and neck, and breast cancers. Recent …

Nerves in the tumor microenvironment: origin and effects

W Wang, L Li, N Chen, C Niu, Z Li, J Hu… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Studies have reported the vital role of nerves in tumorigenesis and cancer progression.
Nerves infiltrate the tumor microenvironment thereby enhancing cancer growth and …

Schwann cell plasticity‐roles in tissue homeostasis, regeneration, and disease

S Stierli, V Imperatore, AC Lloyd - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
How tissues are maintained over a lifetime and repaired following injury are fundamental
questions in biology with a disruption to these processes underlying pathologies such as …

MAOA promotes prostate cancer cell perineural invasion through SEMA3C/PlexinA2/NRP1–cMET signaling

L Yin, J Li, J Wang, T Pu, J Wei, Q Li, BJ Wu - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Perineural invasion (PNI), a pathologic feature defined as cancer cell invasion in, around,
and through nerves, is an indicator of poor prognosis and survival in prostate cancer (PC) …

Nerve density and neuronal biomarkers in cancer

SR Ali, M Jordan, P Nagarajan, M Amit - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Researchers have shown that tumor biomarkers and increased nerve
density are important clinical tools for determining cancer prognosis and developing …

LIF drives neural remodeling in pancreatic cancer and offers a new candidate biomarker

C Bressy, S Lac, J Nigri, J Leca, J Roques, MN Lavaut… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by extensive stroma and
pathogenic modifications to the peripheral nervous system that elevate metastatic capacity …