Targeting cancer-promoting inflammation—have anti-inflammatory therapies come of age?

J Hou, M Karin, B Sun - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
The immune system has crucial roles in cancer development and treatment. Whereas
adaptive immunity can prevent or constrain cancer through immunosurveillance, innate …

Chemokines in the cancer microenvironment and their relevance in cancer immunotherapy

N Nagarsheth, MS Wicha, W Zou - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The tumour microenvironment is the primary location in which tumour cells and the host
immune system interact. Different immune cell subsets are recruited into the tumour …

Systemic delivery of an adjuvant CXCR4–CXCL12 signaling inhibitor encapsulated in synthetic protein nanoparticles for glioma immunotherapy

MS Alghamri, K Banerjee, AA Mujeeb, A Mauser… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive primary brain cancer, with a 5 year survival of∼ 5%.
Challenges that hamper GBM therapeutic efficacy include (i) tumor heterogeneity,(ii) …

Chemokine-directed tumor microenvironment modulation in cancer immunotherapy

P Bule, SI Aguiar, F Aires-Da-Silva… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are a large family of small chemotactic cytokines that coordinates immune cell
trafficking. In cancer, they have a pivotal role in the migration pattern of immune cells into the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the association of chronic inflammation and cancer: Insights and implications

M Nigam, AP Mishra, VK Deb, DB Dimri, V Tiwari… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among the most extensively researched processes in the development and treatment of
cancer is inflammatory condition. Although acute inflammation is essential for the wound …

Enhancing CAR-T cell efficacy in solid tumors by targeting the tumor microenvironment

G Liu, W Rui, X Zhao, X Lin - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has achieved successful outcomes against
hematological malignancies and provided a new impetus for treating solid tumors. However …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue invasion and metastasis: Molecular, biological and clinical perspectives

WG Jiang, AJ Sanders, M Katoh, H Ungefroren… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cancer is a key health issue across the world, causing substantial patient morbidity and
mortality. Patient prognosis is tightly linked with metastatic dissemination of the disease to …

The intricate role of CXCR4 in cancer

S Chatterjee, BB Azad, S Nimmagadda - Advances in cancer research, 2014 - Elsevier
Chemokines mediate numerous physiological and pathological processes related primarily
to cell homing and migration. The chemokine CXCL12, also known as stromal cell-derived …

[HTML][HTML] A review on CXCR4/CXCL12 axis in oncology: no place to hide

UM Domanska, RC Kruizinga, WB Nagengast… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Classical chemotherapeutic anti-cancer treatments induce cell death through DNA damage
by taking advantage of the proliferative behaviour of cancer cells. The more recent approach …

Stromal fibroblasts present in invasive human breast carcinomas promote tumor growth and angiogenesis through elevated SDF-1/CXCL12 secretion

A Orimo, PB Gupta, DC Sgroi, F Arenzana-Seisdedos… - Cell, 2005 - cell.com
Fibroblasts often constitute the majority of the stromal cells within a breast carcinoma, yet the
functional contributions of these cells to tumorigenesis are poorly understood. Using a …