Targeting tumor microenvironment for cancer therapy

C Roma-Rodrigues, R Mendes, PV Baptista… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer development is highly associated to the physiological state of the tumor
microenvironment (TME). Despite the existing heterogeneity of tumors from the same or from …

Unraveling the crosstalk between melanoma and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

M Marzagalli, ND Ebelt, ER Manuel - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Cutaneous melanoma is the most common skin cancer with an incidence that has been
rapidly increasing in the past decades. Melanomas are among the most immunogenic …

Robust gene expression programs underlie recurrent cell states and phenotype switching in melanoma

J Wouters, Z Kalender-Atak, L Minnoye, KI Spanier… - Nature Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Melanoma cells can switch between a melanocytic and a mesenchymal-like state. Scattered
evidence indicates that additional intermediate state (s) may exist. Here, to search for such …

Melanoma management: from epidemiology to treatment and latest advances

J Lopes, CMP Rodrigues, MM Gaspar, CP Reis - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Melanoma is a major public health issue that claims the lives of thousands
of people every year. Furthermore, the outlook for the coming years is not encouraging with …

Heterogeneity and plasticity of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer metastasis: Focusing on partial EMT and regulatory mechanisms

D Li, L Xia, P Huang, Z Wang, Q Guo, C Huang… - Cell …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) or mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET) plays
critical roles in cancer metastasis. Recent studies, especially those based on single‐cell …

Schwann cell precursors represent a neural crest‐like state with biased multipotency

ME Kastriti, L Faure, D Von Ahsen… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Schwann cell precursors (SCPs) are nerve‐associated progenitors that can generate
myelinating and non‐myelinating Schwann cells but also are multipotent like the neural …

Zebrafish models of cancer—new insights on modeling human cancer in a non-mammalian vertebrate

M Hason, P Bartůněk - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a valuable non-mammalian vertebrate model widely used to study
development and disease, including more recently cancer. The evolutionary conservation of …

WNT11-FZD7-DAAM1 signalling supports tumour initiating abilities and melanoma amoeboid invasion

I Rodriguez-Hernandez, O Maiques… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Melanoma is a highly aggressive tumour that can metastasize very early in disease
progression. Notably, melanoma can disseminate using amoeboid invasive strategies. We …

Role and therapeutic potential of melatonin in various type of cancers

S Gurunathan, M Qasim, MH Kang… - OncoTargets and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is a large group of diseases and the second leading cause of death worldwide.
Lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach, and liver cancers are the most common types of cancer …

Correlation of tumor PD-L1 expression in different tissue types and outcome of PD-1-based immunotherapy in metastatic melanoma–analysis of the DeCOG …

JM Placke, M Kimmig, K Griewank, R Herbst… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background PD-1-based immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) is the major backbone of current
melanoma therapy. Tumor PD-L1 expression represents one of few biomarkers predicting …