Amino acid metabolism in immune cells: essential regulators of the effector functions, and promising opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy

L Yang, Z Chu, M Liu, Q Zou, J Li, Q Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023‏ - Springer
Amino acids are basic nutrients for immune cells during organ development, tissue
homeostasis, and the immune response. Regarding metabolic reprogramming in the tumor …

Strategies to overcome DC dysregulation in the tumor microenvironment

G Mestrallet, K Sone, N Bhardwaj - Frontiers in immunology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role to modulate anti-cancer immunity in the tumor
microenvironment (TME). They link innate to adaptive immunity by processing and …

Cellular interactions in tumor microenvironment during breast cancer progression: new frontiers and implications for novel therapeutics

T Akinsipe, R Mohamedelhassan, A Akinpelu… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
The breast cancer tumor microenvironment (TME) is dynamic, with various immune and non-
immune cells interacting to regulate tumor progression and anti-tumor immunity. It is now …

Intratumoral tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are associated with cell proliferation and better survival but not always with chemotherapy response in breast cancer

R Wu, M Oshi, M Asaoka, L Yan, MGK Benesch… - Annals of …, 2023‏ - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate the clinical relevance of intratumoral tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
(TILs) in breast cancer as measured by computational deconvolution of bulk tumor …

Enhanced epithelial-mesenchymal transition signatures are linked with adverse tumor microenvironment, angiogenesis and worse survival in gastric cancer

M Oshi, AM Roy, L Yan, S Kinoshita, Y Tamura… - Cancer gene …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial mechanism that facilitates cancer cell
metastasis. Despite its importance, the clinical significance of EMT in gastric cancer (GC) …

Clinical relevance of stem cell surface markers CD133, CD24, and CD44 in colorectal cancer

JL Huang, M Oshi, I Endo… - American Journal of …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colon cancer stem cells (CSC) identified by cell surface markers CD133, CD24, and CD44,
have been shown to be involved with tumor formation, chemotherapy resistance, and the …

Impact of the Cancer Cell Secretome in driving breast Cancer progression

S Zahari, SE Syafruddin, MA Mohtar - Cancers, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is a complex disease that remains a significant public health
challenge. The breast cancer cells secrete various substances collectively known as the …

G2M checkpoint pathway alone is associated with drug response and survival among cell proliferation-related pathways in pancreatic cancer

M Oshi, A Patel, L Le, Y Tokumaru… - American journal of …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the severe side effects of the treatments and poor survival, prognostic and predictive
biomarkers to guide management of pancreatic cancer are in critical need. We hypothesized …

Role of hypoxia in inhibiting dendritic cells by VEGF signaling in tumor microenvironments: mechanism and application

Z Han, Y Dong, J Lu, F Yang… - American Journal of …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a central role in tumor initiation, development,
immune escape, and clinical treatment. Hypoxia, an important characteristic of the TME …

Tumor‐associated human dendritic cell subsets: Phenotype, functional orientation, and clinical relevance

I Plesca, L Müller, JP Böttcher… - European journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
DCs play a pivotal role in orchestrating innate and adaptive antitumor immunity. Activated
DCs can produce large amounts of various proinflammatory cytokines, initiate T‐cell …