A timeline of tumour-associated macrophage biology

L Cassetta, JW Pollard - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour progression is modulated by the local microenvironment. This environment is
populated by many immune cells, of which macrophages are among the most abundant …

Therapeutic targeting of the tumor microenvironment

L Bejarano, MJC Jordāo, JA Joyce - Cancer discovery, 2021 - aacrjournals.org
Strategies to therapeutically target the tumor microenvironment (TME) have emerged as a
promising approach for cancer treatment in recent years due to the critical roles of the TME …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-associated fibroblast phenotypes are associated with patient outcome in non-small cell lung cancer

L Cords, S Engler, M Haberecker, JH Rüschoff, H Moch… - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
Despite advances in treatment, lung cancer survival rates remain low. A better
understanding of the cellular heterogeneity and interplay of cancer-associated fibroblasts …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue-resident FOLR2+ macrophages associate with CD8+ T cell infiltration in human breast cancer

RN Ramos, Y Missolo-Koussou, Y Gerber-Ferder… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Macrophage infiltration is a hallmark of solid cancers, and overall macrophage infiltration
correlates with lower patient survival and resistance to therapy. Tumor-associated …

Deciphering the spatial landscape and plasticity of immunosuppressive fibroblasts in breast cancer

H Croizer, R Mhaidly, Y Kieffer, G Gentric… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although heterogeneity of FAP+ Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts (CAF) has been described
in breast cancer, their plasticity and spatial distribution remain poorly understood. Here, we …

Fibrosis and cancer: A strained relationship

B Piersma, MK Hayward, VM Weaver - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tumors are characterized by extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, remodeling, and cross-
linking that drive fibrosis to stiffen the stroma and promote malignancy. The stiffened stroma …

Targeting the tumour stroma to improve cancer therapy

KC Valkenburg, AE De Groot, KJ Pienta - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Cancers are not composed merely of cancer cells alone; instead, they are complex
'ecosystems' comprising many different cell types and noncellular factors. The tumour stroma …

Fibroblast heterogeneity and immunosuppressive environment in human breast cancer

A Costa, Y Kieffer, A Scholer-Dahirel, F Pelon… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAF) are key players in the tumor microenvironment.
Here, we characterize four CAF subsets in breast cancer with distinct properties and levels …

Senescent CAFs mediate immunosuppression and drive breast cancer progression

J Ye, JM Baer, DV Faget, VA Morikis, Q Ren… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) profoundly influences tumorigenesis, with gene
expression in the breast TME capable of predicting clinical outcomes. The TME is complex …