Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G **ao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

Deciphering the performance of macrophages in tumour microenvironment: a call for precision immunotherapy

B Toledo, L Zhu Chen, M Paniagua-Sancho… - Journal of hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Macrophages infiltrating tumour tissues or residing in the microenvironment of solid tumours
are known as tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs). These specialized immune cells …

Cancer stemness meets immunity: from mechanism to therapy

P Chen, WH Hsu, J Han, Y **a, RA DePinho - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are self-renewing cells that facilitate tumor initiation, promote
metastasis, and enhance cancer therapy resistance. Transcriptomic analyses across many …

Tumor-associated macrophages: An effective player of the tumor microenvironment

U Basak, T Sarkar, S Mukherjee… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer progression is primarily caused by interactions between transformed cells and the
components of the tumor microenvironment (TME). TAMs (tumor-associated macrophages) …

Live tumor imaging shows macrophage induction and TMEM-mediated enrichment of cancer stem cells during metastatic dissemination

VP Sharma, B Tang, Y Wang, CL Duran… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play an important role during metastasis, but the dynamic
behavior and induction mechanisms of CSCs are not well understood. Here, we employ …

PMN-MDSCs modulated by CCL20 from cancer cells promoted breast cancer cell stemness through CXCL2-CXCR2 pathway

R Zhang, M Dong, J Tu, F Li, Q Deng, J Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Our previous studies have showed that CC motif chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20) advanced
tumor progression and enhanced the chemoresistance of cancer cells by positively …

ID1 expressing macrophages support cancer cell stemness and limit CD8+ T cell infiltration in colorectal cancer

S Shang, C Yang, F Chen, R **ang, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Elimination of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and reinvigoration of antitumor immunity remain
unmet challenges for cancer therapy. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) constitute the …

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in cancer resistance; modulation by natural products

HA Lafta, AH AbdulHussein… - Current topics in …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a pivotal role in the progression and
resistance of tumors to different anticancer drugs. TAMs can modulate the tumor …

Macrophages and cancer stem cells: a malevolent alliance

P Allavena, E Digifico, C Belgiovine - Molecular Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Myeloid cells infiltrating tumors are gaining ever growing attention in the last years because
their pro-tumor and immunosuppressive functions are relevant for disease progression and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel molecular regulators of breast cancer stem cell plasticity and heterogeneity

R Zhang, J Tu, S Liu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumors consist of heterogeneous cell populations, and tumor heterogeneity plays key roles
in regulating tumorigenesis, metastasis, recurrence and resistance to anti-tumor therapies …