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ArticleConvergent science physical oncology2017

Dynamic interplay between tumour, stroma and immune system can drive or prevent tumour progression.

R J Seager, Cynthia Hajal, Fabian Spill, Roger D Kamm, Muhammad H Zaman

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Article in Convergent science physical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

R J SeagerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215.
Cynthia HajalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Fabian SpillDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215.
Roger D KammDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Muhammad H ZamanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215.

Funding

Physics of collective cellular migration in lung health and diseaseP01HL120839 · NHLBI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI FREDBERG, JEFFREY J · 2014 to 2018
$12.2M
Research Supplement - Quantitative analyses of tumor cell extravasationU01CA202177 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI KAMM, ROGER D · 2015 to 2020
$4.2M
Epithelial layer jamming in breast cancer cell migrationU01CA202123 · NCI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI FREDBERG, JEFFREY J · 2015 to 2019
$3.4M
Modeling bi-directional signaling and cytoskeletal dynamics in 3D cell migrationsU01CA177799 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI GERTLER, FRANK B, KAMM, ROGER D · 2013 to 2017
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA177799NCI NIH HHS U01 CA202123NCI NIH HHS U01 CA202177NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL120839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the tumour microenvironment, cancer cells directly interact with both the immune system and the stroma. It is firmly established that the immune system, historically believed to be a major part of the body's defence against tumour progression, can be reprogrammed by tumour cells to be ineffective, inactivated, or even acquire tumour promoting phenotypes. Likewise, stromal cells and extracellular matrix can also have pro-and anti-tumour properties. However, there is strong evidence that the stroma and immune system also directly interact, therefore creating a tripartite interaction that exists between cancer cells, immune cells and tumour stroma. This interaction contributes to the maintenance of a chronically inflamed tumour microenvironment with pro-tumorigenic immune phenotypes and facilitated metastatic dissemination. A comprehensive understanding of cancer in the context of dynamical interactions of the immune system and the tumour stroma is therefore required to truly understand the progression toward and past malignancy.

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cancerextracellular matrixfibroblastmacrophagemechanicalmicroenvironmentT cell

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PMID30079253
PMCPMC6070160

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