Tumor‐associated macrophages in liver cancer: from mechanisms to therapy

K Cheng, N Cai, J Zhu, X Yang, H Liang… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multidimensional analyses have demonstrated the presence of a unique tumor
microenvironment (TME) in liver cancer. Tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) are …

Mathematical modeling of tumor-immune cell interactions

GE Mahlbacher, KC Reihmer, HB Frieboes - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The anti-tumor activity of the immune system is increasingly recognized as critical for the
mounting of a prolonged and effective response to cancer growth and invasion, and for …

Glutamine metabolic microenvironment drives M2 macrophage polarization to mediate trastuzumab resistance in HER2‐positive gastric cancer

X Hu, Z Ma, B Xu, S Li, Z Yao, B Liang… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Trastuzumab is a first‐line targeted therapy for human epidermal growth factor
receptor‐2 (HER2)‐positive gastric cancer. However, the inevitable occurrence of acquired …

Combining microenvironment normalization strategies to improve cancer immunotherapy

F Mpekris, C Voutouri, JW Baish, DG Duda… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Advances in immunotherapy have revolutionized the treatment of multiple cancers.
Unfortunately, tumors usually have impaired blood perfusion, which limits the delivery of …

Simulations of tumor growth and response to immunotherapy by coupling a spatial agent-based model with a whole-patient quantitative systems pharmacology model

A Ruiz-Martinez, C Gong, H Wang… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) models and spatial agent-based models (ABM)
are powerful and efficient approaches for the analysis of biological systems and for clinical …

Tackling TAMs for cancer immunotherapy: it's nano time

Y Yang, J Guo, L Huang - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2020 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a highly complex environment that surrounds tumors.
Interactions between cancer cells/non-cancerous cells and cells/non-cell components in the …

Multi-scale modeling of macrophage—T cell interactions within the tumor microenvironment

CG Cess, SD Finley - PLoS computational biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Within the tumor microenvironment, macrophages exist in an immunosuppressive state,
preventing T cells from eliminating the tumor. Due to this, research is focusing on …

Functionalized nanoparticles targeting tumor-associated macrophages as cancer therapy

Y He, RF de Araújo Júnior, LJ Cruz, C Eich - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a central role in regulating antitumor immune
responses. As an important part of the TME, alternatively activated type 2 (M2) macrophages …

Quantitative systems pharmacology approaches for immuno‐oncology: adding virtual patients to the development paradigm

V Chelliah, G Lazarou, S Bhatnagar… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drug development in oncology commonly exploits the tools of molecular biology to gain
therapeutic benefit through reprograming of cellular responses. In immuno‐oncology (IO) …

Integrated cancer tissue engineering models for precision medicine

ME Bregenzer, EN Horst, P Mehta, CM Novak… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Tumors are not merely cancerous cells that undergo mindless proliferation. Rather, they are
highly organized and interconnected organ systems. Tumor cells reside in complex …