Circulating tumor cell isolation for cancer diagnosis and prognosis

Z Deng, S Wu, Y Wang, D Shi - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that shed from the primary tumor and
intravasate into the peripheral blood circulation system responsible for metastasis. Sensitive …

Matrix metalloproteinases shape the tumor microenvironment in cancer progression

S Niland, AX Riscanevo, JA Eble - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer progression with uncontrolled tumor growth, local invasion, and metastasis depends
largely on the proteolytic activity of numerous matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which …

Pan-cancer whole-genome comparison of primary and metastatic solid tumours

F Martínez-Jiménez, A Movasati, SR Brunner… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Metastatic cancer remains an almost inevitably lethal disease,–. A better understanding of
disease progression and response to therapies therefore remains of utmost importance …

Intratumoural microbiota: a new frontier in cancer development and therapy

Y Cao, H **a, X Tan, C Shi, Y Ma, D Meng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Human microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, play key roles in several
physiological and pathological processes. Some studies discovered that tumour tissues …

Inducing trained immunity in pro-metastatic macrophages to control tumor metastasis

C Ding, R Shrestha, X Zhu, AE Geller, S Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and myeloid cells are critical in the
metastatic microenvironment. Here, we explore the implications of reprogramming pre …

The matrix in cancer

TR Cox - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The extracellular matrix is a fundamental, core component of all tissues and organs, and is
essential for the existence of multicellular organisms. From the earliest stages of organism …

Mechanisms of cancer metastasis

M Castaneda, P den Hollander, NA Kuburich… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metastatic cancer is almost always terminal, and more than 90% of cancer deaths result from
metastatic disease. Combating cancer metastasis and post-therapeutic recurrence …

Lipids as mediators of cancer progression and metastasis

FCE Vogel, AB Chaves-Filho, A Schulze - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Metastasis formation is a complex process, involving multiple crucial steps, which are
controlled by different regulatory mechanisms. In this context, the contribution of cancer …

Towards targeting of shared mechanisms of cancer metastasis and therapy resistance

F Weiss, D Lauffenburger, P Friedl - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Resistance to therapeutic treatment and metastatic progression jointly determine a fatal
outcome of cancer. Cancer metastasis and therapeutic resistance are traditionally studied as …

The extracellular matrix: its composition, function, remodeling, and role in tumorigenesis

K Dzobo, C Dandara - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a ubiquitous member of the body and is key to the
maintenance of tissue and organ integrity. Initially thought to be a bystander in many cellular …