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 …

CXCL12/CXCR4: a symbiotic bridge linking cancer cells and their stromal neighbors in oncogenic communication networks

F Guo, Y Wang, J Liu, SC Mok, F Xue, W Zhang - Oncogene, 2016‏ - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment has critical roles in all
aspects of cancer biology, including growth, angiogenesis, metastasis and progression …

Molecular mechanisms and clinical management of cancer bone metastasis

M Wang, F **a, Y Wei, X Wei - Bone research, 2020‏ - nature.com
As one of the most common metastatic sites of malignancies, bone has a unique
microenvironment that allows metastatic tumor cells to grow and flourish. The fenestrated …

CXCL12/CXCR4/CXCR7 chemokine axis and cancer progression

X Sun, G Cheng, M Hao, J Zheng, X Zhou… - Cancer and metastasis …, 2010‏ - Springer
Chemokines, small pro-inflammatory chemoattractant cytokines that bind to specific G-
protein-coupled seven-span transmembrane receptors, are major regulators of cell …

CXCR4: a key receptor in the crosstalk between tumor cells and their microenvironment

JA Burger, TJ Kipps - Blood, 2006‏ - ashpublications.org
Signals from the microenvironment have a profound influence on the maintenance and/or
progression of hematopoietic and epithelial cancers. Mesenchymal or marrow-derived …

Chemokines in homeostasis and diseases

K Chen, Z Bao, P Tang, W Gong, T Yoshimura… - Cellular & molecular …, 2018‏ - nature.com
For the past twenty years, chemokines have emerged as a family of critical mediators of cell
migration during immune surveillance, development, inflammation and cancer progression …

CXCL12 (SDF1α)-CXCR4/CXCR7 pathway inhibition: an emerging sensitizer for anticancer therapies?

DG Duda, SV Kozin, ND Kirkpatrick, L Xu… - Clinical cancer …, 2011‏ - aacrjournals.org
Addition of multiple molecularly targeted agents to the existing armamentarium of
chemotherapeutics and radiotherapies represents a significant advance in the management …

The SDF-1–CXCR4 signaling pathway: a molecular hub modulating neo-angiogenesis

I Petit, D **, S Rafii - Trends in immunology, 2007‏ - cell.com
Pro-angiogenic bone marrow (BM) cells include subsets of hematopoietic cells that provide
vascular support and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which under certain permissive …

Small molecule inhibitors of CXCR4

B Debnath, S Xu, F Grande, A Garofalo… - Theranostics, 2013‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
CXCR4 is a G-protein-coupled receptor involved in a number of physiological processes in
the hematopoietic and immune systems. The SDF-1/CXCR4 axis is significantly associated …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: a multifaceted driver of breast cancer progression

H Luo, G Tu, Z Liu, M Liu - Cancer letters, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Cancerous tissue is a complex mix of tumor cells, stromal cells and extracellular matrix
(ECM), all of which make up a disordered and aggressive niche in comparison with …