ReviewCancers2022
Macrophages as a Therapeutic Target in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Way to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance?
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- Targeting prostate adenocarcinoma tumor microenvironment via cancer nanotheranostics: a comprehensive update on improved roadmap for disease diagnosis, therapy and management.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Melittin enhances PD-L1 blockade in prostate cancer by inhibiting M2 macrophage polarization and recruitment.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Single-cell sequencing-guided design of synergistic chemo-immunotherapy nanodrugs for cGAS-STING activation in prostate cancer therapy.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- M2 macrophages modulate the differentiation of CD8 + CD101-TIM3 + T cells via the SPP1‒CD44 pathway, influencing the immunotherapeutic response in NSCLC.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- PEAK1 promotes prostate cancer progression and docetaxel resistance by mediating the polarization of tumor-associated macrophages.European journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Metabolic-Immune Coupling in Urologic Cancers: Macrophage Reprogramming as a Therapeutic Nexus.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Crosstalk between tumor-associated macrophages and the B7/CD28 family in immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced immunotherapy.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2026Review
- Integration of machine learning to reveal the correlation between ferroptosis and M2 macrophages in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Transcriptomic Signatures of Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Associate With Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitor Progression in Prostate Cancer.The Prostate · 2025Article
- ARNature communications · 2025Article
- Inhibition of PIM Kinase in Tumor-Associated Macrophages Suppresses Inflammasome Activation and Sensitizes Prostate Cancer to Immunotherapy.Cancer immunology research · 2025Article
- Mechanistic insights into PROS1 inhibition of bladder cancer progression and angiogenesis via the AKT/GSK3β/β-catenin pathway.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The heat of the battle: inflammation's role in prostate cancer development and inflammation-targeted therapies.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- The Role of Macrophages in Various Types of Tumors and the Possibility of Their Use as Targets for Antitumor Therapy.Cancers · 2025Review
- Prussian Blue Nanoparticle-Induced Alteration of the Polarization State of Tumor-Associated Macrophages as a Substantial Antitumor Mechanism Against Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC).International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Article
- Is the MAPK ERK5 the nexus from FAO to NK cell-mediated metastasis immune surveillance?Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- TAM Plasticity under androgen deprivation therapy and PARP inhibition in prostate cancer: a multi-omics perspective.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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- The effect of physical exercise on anticancer immunity.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common malignancy and the fifth cause of cancer death in men. The treatment for localized or locally advanced stages offers a high probability of cure. Even though the therapeutic landscape has significantly improved over the last decade, metastatic PC (mPC) still has a poor prognosis mainly due to the development of therapy resistance. In this context, the use of immunotherapy alone or in combination with other drugs has been explored in recent years. However, T-cell directed immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown limited activity with inconclusive results in mPC patients, most likely due to the highly immunosuppressive PC tumor microenvironment (TME). In this scenario, targeting macrophages, a highly abundant immunosuppressive cell type in the TME, could offer a new therapeutic strategy to improve immunotherapy efficacy. In this review, we summarize the growing field of macrophage-directed immunotherapies and discuss how these could be applied in the treatment of mPC, focusing on their combination with ICIs.
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