ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2021
Cancer: a mirrored room between tumor bulk and tumor microenvironment.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Pericytes and mesenchymal stromal cells converge toward pro-tumor phenotypes in the tumor microenvironment.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- The double-positive cells in the tumor microenvironment.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2026Article
- Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in the Treatment of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Present and Prospects.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2026Review
- Association between the histopathologic measurement of tumor-visceral peritoneal distance and prognosis in T3 colon adenocarcinoma.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2026Article
- Impact of pancreatic proenzymes on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma associated fibroblasts.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- A novel six-biomarker panel identified from male breast cancer-associated fibroblasts demonstrates prognostic power for prostate tumors.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Decoding the Tumor Microenvironment: Insights and New Targets from Single-Cell Sequencing and Spatial Transcriptomics.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Overcoming immunotherapy resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting myeloid IL-8/CXCR2 signaling.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025Article
- Strontium-Alix interaction enhances exosomal miRNA selectively loading in synovial MSCs for temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis treatment.International journal of oral science · 2025Article
- Bisecting GlcNAc modification of vesicular GAS6 regulates CAFs activation and breast cancer metastasis.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Article
- Establishment and validation of survival nomogram score staging for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients after minimally invasive surgery combined with immune prognostic index and clinicopathological features.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Advances in the treatment of glioma-related signaling pathways and mechanisms by metformin.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Integrated single-cell and bulk RNA-seq analysis identifies a prognostic T-cell signature in colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
It has been well documented that the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a key role in the promotion of drug resistance, the support of tumor progression, invasiveness, metastasis, and even the maintenance of a cancer stem-like phenotype. Here, we reviewed TME formation presenting it as a reflection of a tumor's own organization during the different stages of tumor development. Interestingly, functionally different groups of stromal cells seem to have specific spatial distributions within the TME that change as the tumor evolves into advanced stage progression which correlates with the fact that cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) are located in the edges of solid tumor masses in advanced tumors.We also focus on the continuos feedback that is established between a tumor and its surroundings. The "talk" between tumor mass cells and TME stromal cells, marks the evolution of both interlocuting cell types. For instance, the metabolic and functional transformations that stromal cells undergo due to tumor corrupting activity.Moreover, the molecular basis of metastatic spread is also approached, making special emphasis on the site-specific pre-metastatic niche formation as another reflection of the primary tumor molecular signature.Finally, several therapeutic approaches targeting primary TME and pre-metastatic niche are suggested. For instance, a systematic analysis of the TME just adjacent to the tumor mass to establish the proportion of myofibroblasts-like cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) which may in turn correspond to stemness and metastases-promotion. Or the implementation of "re-education" therapies consisting of switching tumor-supportive stromal cells into tumor-suppressive ones. In summary, to improve our clinical management of cancer, it is crucial to understand and learn how to manage the close interaction between TME and metastasis.
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