Tumor-associated macrophages regulate PD-1/PD-L1 immunosuppression

Y Pu, Q Ji - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or anti-PD-ligand (L) 1 drugs, as classic immune
checkpoint inhibitors, are considered promising treatment strategies for tumors. In clinical …

TGF-β signaling in the tumor metabolic microenvironment and targeted therapies

X Shi, J Yang, S Deng, H Xu, D Wu, Q Zeng… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling has a paradoxical role in cancer
progression, and it acts as a tumor suppressor in the early stages but a tumor promoter in …

Vitamin D and immune regulation: antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory

EL Bishop, A Ismailova, S Dimeloe… - Journal of Bone and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Regulation of immune function continues to be one of the most well recognized extraskeletal
actions of vitamin D. This stemmed initially from the discovery that antigen presenting cells …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming growth factor-β-regulated mTOR activity preserves cellular metabolism to maintain long-term T cell responses in chronic infection

SS Gabriel, C Tsui, D Chisanga, F Weber… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in chronic viral infections and tumors functionally deteriorate,
a process known as exhaustion. Exhausted T cells are sustained by precursors of exhausted …

TGF-β signaling networks in the tumor microenvironment

MKK Chan, JYF Chung, PCT Tang, ASW Chan, JYY Ho… - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling shows important roles in both physiology
and pathology, especially in the progression of inflammatory diseases including cancer …

[HTML][HTML] TGFβ drives NK cell metabolic dysfunction in human metastatic breast cancer

K Slattery, E Woods, V Zaiatz-Bittencourt… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Natural killer (NK) cells provide important immune protection from cancer and
are a key requirement for particular immunotherapies. There is accumulating evidence that …

The interplay between TGF-β signaling and cell metabolism

H Liu, YG Chen - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling plays a critical role in the development
and tissue homeostasis in metazoans, and deregulation of TGF-β signaling leads to many …

Lactate acidosis and simultaneous recruitment of TGF-β leads to alter plasticity of hypoxic cancer cells in tumor microenvironment

S Rastogi, SS Mishra, MK Arora, G Kaithwas… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lactate acidosis is often observed in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of solid tumors. This
is because glucose breaks down quickly via glycolysis, causing lactate acidity. Lactate is …

TGFβ-directed therapeutics: 2020

BA Teicher - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) pathway is essential during embryo
development and in maintaining normal homeostasis. During malignancy, the TGFβ …

Therapeutic targeting of TGF-β in cancer: hacking a master switch of immune suppression

J van den Bulk, NFCC de Miranda… - Clinical Science, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Cancers may escape elimination by the host immune system by rewiring the tumour
microenvironment towards an immune suppressive state. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF …