Extracellular matrix remodeling in tumor progression and immune escape: from mechanisms to treatments

Z Yuan, Y Li, S Zhang, X Wang, H Dou, X Yu, Z Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
The malignant tumor is a multi-etiological, systemic and complex disease characterized by
uncontrolled cell proliferation and distant metastasis. Anticancer treatments including …

Nanotechnology for boosting cancer immunotherapy and remodeling tumor microenvironment: the horizons in cancer treatment

S Gao, X Yang, J Xu, N Qiu, G Zhai - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Immunotherapy that harnesses the human immune system to fight cancer has received
widespread attention and become a mainstream strategy for cancer treatment. Cancer …

Molecular alterations and targeted therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Y Qian, Y Gong, Z Fan, G Luo, Q Huang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a malignancy characterized by a poor
prognosis and high mortality rate. Genetic mutations and altered molecular pathways serve …

From state-of-the-art treatments to novel therapies for advanced-stage pancreatic cancer

C Nevala-Plagemann, M Hidalgo… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Improvements in the outcomes of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
have lagged behind advances made in the treatment of many other malignancies over the …

Prospects of targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in pancreatic cancer

M Mortazavi, F Moosavi, M Martini, E Giovannetti… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the worst prognoses among all
malignancies. PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, a main downstream effector of KRAS is …

Targeting cancer cell dormancy

A Recasens, L Munoz - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Cancer cell dormancy is a process whereby cells enter reversible cell cycle arrest, termed
quiescence. Quiescence is essential for cancer cells to acquire additional mutations, to …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular matrices and cancer-associated fibroblasts: targets for cancer diagnosis and therapy?

I Belhabib, S Zaghdoudi, C Lac, C Bousquet, C Jean - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Stroma modifications observed in solid cancer are now recognized as
critical events for cancer progression and as potential therapeutic or diagnostic targets. The …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of drug tolerant persister cancer cells: the landscape and clinical implication for therapy

M Mikubo, Y Inoue, G Liu, MS Tsao - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
A minor population of cancer cells may evade cell death from chemotherapy and targeted
therapy by entering a reversible slow proliferation state known as the drug tolerant persister …

CAF hierarchy driven by pancreatic cancer cell p53-status creates a pro-metastatic and chemoresistant environment via perlecan

C Vennin, P Mélénec, R Rouet, M Nobis… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Heterogeneous subtypes of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) coexist within pancreatic
cancer tissues and can both promote and restrain disease progression. Here, we interrogate …

CDK 4/6 inhibitors as single agent in advanced solid tumors

F Schettini, I De Santo, CG Rea, P De Placido… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors, namely abemaciclib, palbociclib, and
ribociclib, interfere with cell cycle progression, induce cell senescence and might promote …