ReviewCells2021
Endocannabinoid System and Tumour Microenvironment: New Intertwined Connections for Anticancer Approaches.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Review
- Serum metabolomics modelling reveals stage-associated purine and endocannabinoid metabolic signatures in colorectal cancer progression.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Microbiota and lipid mediators: from molecular crosstalk to therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Development and Characterization of a High-CBD Cannabis Extract Nanoemulsion for Oral Mucosal Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The Endocannabinoid System in Human Disease: Molecular Signaling, Receptor Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Innovation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Targeting Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Counteracts the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Keratinocyte-Derived Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Imaging and Genetic Tools for the Investigation of the Endocannabinoid System in the CNS.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Rimonabant and Cannabidiol Rewrite the Interactions between Breast Cancer Cells and Tumor Microenvironment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- A zebrafish HCT116 xenograft model to predict anandamide outcomes on colorectal cancer.Cell death & disease · 2022Article
- Article
- Targeting the Endocannabinoidome in Pancreatic Cancer.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Co-Targeting Tumor Angiogenesis and Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment: A Perspective in Ethnopharmacology.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- Opioid Receptor Expression in Colorectal Cancer: A Nested Matched Case-Control Study.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The tumour microenvironment (TME) is now recognised as a hallmark of cancer, since tumour:stroma crosstalk supports the key steps of tumour growth and progression. The dynamic co-evolution of the tumour and stromal compartments may alter the surrounding microenvironment, including the composition in metabolites and signalling mediators. A growing number of evidence reports the involvement of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) in cancer. ECS is composed by a complex network of ligands, receptors, and enzymes, which act in synergy and contribute to several physiological but also pathological processes. Several in vitro and in vivo evidence show that ECS deregulation in cancer cells affects proliferation, migration, invasion, apoptosis, and metastatic potential. Although it is still an evolving research, recent experimental evidence also suggests that ECS can modulate the functional behaviour of several components of the TME, above all the immune cells, endothelial cells and stromal components. However, the role of ECS in the tumour:stroma interplay remains unclear and research in this area is particularly intriguing. This review aims to shed light on the latest relevant findings of the tumour response to ECS modulation, encouraging a more in-depth analysis in this field. Novel discoveries could be promising for novel anti-tumour approaches, targeting the microenvironmental components and the supportive tumour:stroma crosstalk, thereby hindering tumour development.
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