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

D Li, L **a, 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 …

Communication between EMT and PD-L1 signaling: New insights into tumor immune evasion

Y Jiang, H Zhan - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint blockage has been considered a breakthrough in cancer treatment,
achieving encouraging anti-tumor effects in some advanced solid malignancies. However …

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] Targeting PD-1/PD-L1 in cancer immunotherapy: an effective strategy for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients

S Kumar, M Chatterjee, P Ghosh, KK Ganguly, M Basu… - Genes & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maintaining the balance between eliciting immune responses against foreign proteins and
tolerating self-proteins is crucial for maintenance of homeostasis. The functions of …

[HTML][HTML] Recruitment of stromal cells into tumour microenvironment promote the metastatic spread of breast cancer

BS Hill, A Sarnella, G D'Avino, A Zannetti - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, metastasis remains the primary cause of death of patients with breast cancer
despite the important advances in the treatment of this disease. In the complex tumour …

PD-1/PD-L1 axis in organ fibrosis

Y Zhao, Y Qu, C Hao, W Yao - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fibrosis is a pathological tissue repair activity in which many myofibroblasts are activated
and extracellular matrix are excessively accumulated, leading to the formation of permanent …

[HTML][HTML] The vicious cross-talk between tumor cells with an EMT phenotype and cells of the immune system

E Romeo, CA Caserta, C Rumio, F Marcucci - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Carcinoma cells that undergo an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and display a
predominantly mesenchymal phenotype (hereafter EMT tumor cells) are associated with …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Ras-associated protein 1 (Rap1) in cancer: bad actor or good player?

CK Looi, LW Hii, SC Ngai, CO Leong, CW Mai - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metastasis is known as the most life-threatening event in cancer patients. In principle, the
immune system can prevent tumor development. However, dysfunctional T cells may fail to …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the interplay between epithelial-to-mesenchymal-transition and the immune system for effective immunotherapy

R Soundararajan, JJ Fradette, JM Konen, S Moulder… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, both early diagnosis and targeted therapy have improved the survival
rates of many cancer patients. Most recently, immunotherapy has revolutionized the …

Effect of CRISPR/Cas9-edited PD-1/PD-L1 on tumor immunity and immunotherapy

Y Xu, C Chen, Y Guo, S Hu, Z Sun - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated nuclease9
(CRISPR/Cas9) gene editing technology implements precise programming of the human …