Regulatory T cells: barriers of immune infiltration into the tumor microenvironment

EN Scott, AM Gocher, CJ Workman… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are key immunosuppressive cells that promote tumor growth by
hindering the effector immune response. Tregs utilize multiple suppressive mechanisms to …

Cancer stem cells: emerging key players in immune evasion of cancers

MML Lei, TKW Lee - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are subpopulations of undifferentiated cancer cells within the
tumor bulk that are responsible for tumor initiation, recurrence and therapeutic resistance …

Prognostic and therapeutic role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte subtypes in breast cancer

MA Nelson, W Ngamcherdtrakul, SW Luoh… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2021 - Springer
Increased levels of total tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are generally associated with
good prognosis in several breast cancer subtypes. Subtypes of TILs impact both tumor cells …

Unveiling the mechanisms and challenges of cancer drug resistance

SU Khan, K Fatima, S Aisha, F Malik - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2024 - Springer
Cancer treatment faces many hurdles and resistance is one among them. Anti-cancer
treatment strategies are evolving due to innate and acquired resistance capacity, governed …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment of cancer stem cells: Perspectives on cancer stem cell targeting

Q Guo, Y Zhou, T Xie, Y Yuan, H Li, W Shi, L Zheng… - Genes & …, 2024 - Elsevier
There are few tumor cell subpopulations with stem cell characteristics in tumor tissue,
defined as cancer stem cells (CSCs) or cancer stem-like cells (CSLCs), which can …

[HTML][HTML] A Review on mastitis in dairy cows research: Current status and future perspectives

P Stanek, P Żółkiewski, E Januś - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
One of the most serious diseases affecting dairy cattle, causing significant losses both in
breeding and economy, is mastitis, an inflammation of the mammary gland. Due to the …

Terminally Exhausted CD8+ T Cells Resistant to PD-1 Blockade Promote Generation and Maintenance of Aggressive Cancer Stem Cells

M Chakravarti, S Dhar, S Bera, A Sinha, K Roy… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Heterogeneity within the tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) population limits
immunotherapeutic efficacy against cancer. Between two subpopulations of exhausted …

CTLA-4 expression and its clinical significance in breast cancer

R Kern, C Panis - Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis, 2021 - Springer
Breast cancer is the leading cause of women's death among all cancers. The main reason
associated with this is the development of metastasis and therapy-resistant breast …

Obesity modulates the immune macroenvironment associated with breast cancer development

A Núñez-Ruiz, F Sánchez-Brena, C López-Pacheco… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Growing evidence demonstrates a strong correlation between obesity and an increased risk
of breast cancer, although the mechanisms involved have not been completely elucidated …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node metastasis and tumor-educated immune tolerance: Potential therapeutic targets against distant metastasis

JM Peng, YL Su - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Lymph node metastasis has been shown to positively associated with the prognosis of many
cancers. However, in clinical treatment, lymphadenectomy is not always successful …