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ReviewClinical and molecular hepatology2022

Crosstalk between tumor-associated macrophages and neighboring cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Pil Soo Sung

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Review in Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts to Overcome Therapeutic Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  8. [Chinese expert consensus on the use of standardized second-line drugs for primary hepatocellular carcinoma].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  11. Association of IL4I1Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  16. [Research progress on the mechanistic role and constituents of hepatic macrophages during the occurrence and development of hepatic fibrosis].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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  17. Relationships Among Serological Indicators andCombinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pil Soo SungThe Catholic University Liver Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment generally shows a substantial immunosuppressive activity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), accounting for the suboptimal efficacy of immune-based treatments for this difficult-to-treat cancer. The crosstalk between tumor cells and various cell types in the tumor microenvironment is strongly related to HCC progression and treatment resistance. Monocytes are recruited to the HCC tumor microenvironment by various factors and become tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) with distinct phenotypes. TAMs often contribute to weakened tumor-specific immune responses and a more aggressive phenotype of malignancy. Recent single-cell RNA-sequencing data have demonstrated the central roles of specific TAMs in tumorigenesis and treatment resistance by their interactions with various cell populations in the HCC tumor microenvironment. This review focuses on the roles of TAMs and the crosstalk between TAMs and neighboring cell types in the HCC tumor microenvironment.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsHumansMacrophagesTumor-Associated MacrophagesTumor MicroenvironmentCarcinoma, HepatocellularImmunotherapyTumor-associated macrophagesTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34665953
PMCPMC9293612
OpenAlexW3207044325

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