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Targeting Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Liver Fibrosis and Liver Cancer Using Nanocarriers.
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.
- Epstein-Barr virus-driven immunosuppression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a comprehensive review of viral mechanisms, spatial tumor ecosystems, and precision therapeutics.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Seeing beyond words: nanotechnology in hepatocellular carcinoma - a bibliometric study.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Collagen turnover biomarkers to predict outcome of patients with biliary cancer.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Trial
- mRNA-laden LNP-enabled in situ CAR-macrophage alleviates liver fibrosis via inhibiting activated HSCs and modulating the immune microenvironment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- From bench to bedside: Molecular mechanisms, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic strategies in liver fibrosis.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2026Review
- Spatial and functional polarization of cancer-associated fibroblasts with CXCR4-mediated immune modulation in hepatocellular carcinoma.Hepatology communications · 2026Article
- Single-cell RNA sequencing combined with single-cell genome-wide association study identifies SF3B4 as a hub gene in hepatocellular carcinoma progression.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Peptide-Functionalized Liposomal Nanocarriers for Targeted Therapy of Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Design, Mechanisms, and Clinical Prospects.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2026Review
- A serum-derived 3D tumor model platform for personalized prediction and monitoring of chemotherapeutic response in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Translational oncology · 2026Article
- Sorafenib nanomedicine in HCC: nano-bio interactions and combination therapies.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- Common oncogenic mutations in colorectal cancer: drivers of carcinogenesis and potential therapeutic targets.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Rewiring tumor-associated macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts: Clinical Applications in Imaging and Therapy.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2025Review
- The Immune Microenvironment in Liver Cancer: From Analysis to Targeting.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma: from pathogenesis to immunotherapy.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2025Review
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- Senescent fibroblasts secrete CTHRC1 to promote cancer stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Article
- COL1A1, ITGB1, THY1, and PDGFRA: key immune-related genes in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma with prognostic and therapeutic implications.Hereditas · 2025Article
- Astragalin promotes HSCs ferroptosis through NCOA4 mediated ferritinophagy to alleviate liver fibrosis in zebrafish and mice.Communications biology · 2025Article
- The role of platelets in tumor immune evasion and metastasis: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Cancer cell international · 2025Review
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Abstract
Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) and the extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by them have been recognized as key players in cancer biology and emerged as important targets for cancer treatment and drug discovery. Apart from their presence in stroma rich tumors, such as biliary, pancreatic and subtypes of hepatocellular cancer (HCC), both CAF and certain ECM components are also present in cancers without an overt intra-tumoral desmoplastic reaction. They support cancer development, growth, metastasis and resistance to chemo- or checkpoint inhibitor therapy by a multitude of mechanisms, including angiogenesis, ECM remodeling and active immunosuppression by secretion of tumor promoting and immune suppressive cytokines, chemokines and growth factors. CAF resemble activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC)/myofibroblasts, expressing α-smooth muscle actin and especially fibroblast activation protein (FAP). Apart from FAP, CAF also upregulate other functional cell surface proteins like platelet-derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFRβ) or the insulin-like growth factor receptor II (IGFRII). Notably, if formulated with adequate size and zeta potential, injected nanoparticles home preferentially to the liver. Several nanoparticular formulations were tested successfully to deliver dugs to activated HSC/myofibroblasts. Thus, surface modified nanocarriers with a cyclic peptide binding to the PDGFRβ or with mannose-6-phosphate binding to the IGFRII, effectively directed drug delivery to activated HSC/CAF in vivo. Even unguided nanohydrogel particles and lipoplexes loaded with siRNA demonstrated a high in vivo uptake and functional siRNA delivery in activated HSC, indicating that liver CAF/HSC are also addressed specifically by well-devised nanocarriers with optimized physicochemical properties. Therefore, CAF have become an attractive target for the development of stroma-based cancer therapies, especially in the liver.
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