Crosstalk between cancer-associated fibroblasts and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment: new findings and future perspectives

X Mao, J Xu, W Wang, C Liang, J Hua, J Liu, B Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a stromal cell population with cell-of-origin,
phenotypic and functional heterogeneity, are the most essential components of the tumor …

Overcoming TGFβ-mediated immune evasion in cancer

DVF Tauriello, E Sancho, E Batlle - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) signalling controls multiple cell fate decisions during
development and tissue homeostasis; hence, dysregulation of this pathway can drive …

Targeting TGFβ signal transduction for cancer therapy

S Liu, J Ren, P Ten Dijke - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family members are structurally and functionally related
cytokines that have diverse effects on the regulation of cell fate during embryonic …

Influence of the tumor microenvironment on NK cell function in solid tumors

O Melaiu, V Lucarini, L Cifaldi, D Fruci - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a population of innate lymphoid cells playing a pivotal role in
host immune responses against infection and tumor growth. These cells have a powerful …

Enhanced preclinical antitumor activity of M7824, a bifunctional fusion protein simultaneously targeting PD-L1 and TGF-β

Y Lan, D Zhang, C Xu, KW Hance, B Marelli… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Antibodies targeting immune checkpoints are emerging as potent and viable cancer
therapies, but not all patients respond to these as single agents. Concurrently targeting …

CAR-T and CAR-NK as cellular cancer immunotherapy for solid tumors

L Peng, G Sferruzza, L Yang, L Zhou… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
In the past decade, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach for combating cancers, demonstrating remarkable …

Plasticity of innate lymphoid cell subsets

SM Bal, K Golebski, H Spits - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are important for tissue homeostasis and for the initiation of
immune responses. Based on their transcriptional regulation and cytokine profiles, ILCs can …

IL-37 is a fundamental inhibitor of innate immunity

MF Nold, CA Nold-Petry, JA Zepp, BE Palmer… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
The function of interleukin 37 (IL-37; formerly IL-1 family member 7) has remained elusive.
Expression of IL-37 in macrophages or epithelial cells almost completely suppressed …

The polarization of immune cells in the tumour environment by TGFβ

RA Flavell, S Sanjabi, SH Wrzesinski… - Nature reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) is an immunosuppressive cytokine produced by tumour
cells and immune cells that can polarize many components of the immune system. This …

Alteration of the antitumor immune response by cancer-associated fibroblasts

L Ziani, S Chouaib, J Thiery - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Among cells present in the tumor microenvironment, activated fibroblasts termed cancer-
associated fibroblasts (CAFs), play a critical role in the complex process of tumor-stroma …