Circulating tumor cells: biology and clinical significance

D Lin, L Shen, M Luo, K Zhang, J Li, Q Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that have sloughed off the primary tumor and
extravasate into and circulate in the blood. Understanding of the metastatic cascade of CTCs …

Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment

Z Zhang, X Liu, D Chen, J Yu - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is delivered for purposes of local control, but can also exert systemic
effect on remote and non-irradiated tumor deposits, which is called abscopal effect. The view …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as immunosuppressive regulators and therapeutic targets in cancer

K Li, H Shi, B Zhang, X Ou, Q Ma, Y Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogenic population of immature
myeloid cells with immunosuppressive effects, which undergo massive expansion during …

Enhancing immunotherapy response in melanoma: myeloid-derived suppressor cells as a therapeutic target

FGO Kurt, S Lasser, I Arkhypov, J Utikal… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023‏ - jci.org
Despite the remarkable success of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma
treatment, resistance to them remains a substantial clinical challenge. Myeloid-derived …

Neutrophils in cancer: dual roles through intercellular interactions

X Yu, C Li, Z Wang, Y Xu, S Shao, F Shao, H Wang… - Oncogene, 2024‏ - nature.com
Neutrophils, the most abundant immune cells in human blood, play crucial and diverse roles
in tumor development. In the tumor microenvironment (TME), cancer cells regulate the …

The complexity of immune evasion mechanisms throughout the metastatic cascade

NM Haynes, TB Chadwick, BS Parker - Nature Immunology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Metastasis, the spread of cancer from a primary site to distant organs, is an important
challenge in oncology. This Review explores the complexities of immune escape …

N1 versus N2 and PMN‐MDSC: a critical appraisal of current concepts on tumor‐associated neutrophils and new directions for human oncology

BB Antuamwine, R Bosnjakovic… - Immunological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Research on tumor‐associated neutrophils (TAN) currently surges because of the well‐
documented strong clinical relevance of tumor‐infiltrating neutrophils. This relevance is …

Redefining macrophage and neutrophil biology in the metastatic cascade

E Güç, JW Pollard - Immunity, 2021‏ - cell.com
Tumor cells metastasize to distant organs through a complex series of events that are driven
by tumor intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In particular, non-malignant stromal cells, including …

Monocyte regulation in homeostasis and malignancy

A Robinson, CZ Han, CK Glass, JW Pollard - Trends in immunology, 2021‏ - cell.com
Monocytes are progenitors to macrophages and a subclass of dendritic cells (monocyte-
derived dendritic cells, MoDCs), but they also act as circulating sensors that respond to …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Functions and regulatory mechanisms

G Wang, M Zhang, M Cheng, X Wang, K Li, J Chen… - Cancer letters, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment has been recently reported to play a pivotal role in sustaining
tumor cells survival and protecting them from immunotherapy and chemotherapy-induced …