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ReviewMolecular cancer2022

Targeting the tumor stroma for cancer therapy.

Maosen Xu, Tao Zhang, Ruolan Xia, Yuquan Wei, Xiawei Wei

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Molecular cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07567222 (Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Antitumor Activity of Novel Therapeutic Tumor Vaccines in Advanced Solid Tumors), which is not on this map. Cited by 178 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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178citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
36.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07567222 phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Antitumor Activity of Novel Therapeutic Tumor Vaccines in Advanced Solid Tumors

TypeinterventionalSponsorWest China HospitalRan2026 to 2027Enrolled54ConditionsMalignant TumorArmsYMN101, YMN102, YMN103, YMN104, YMN105
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

178 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 341 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A novel regulator in cancer initiation and progression: long noncoding RNA SHNG9.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  16. Cytokines and cancer-associated fibroblasts.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026
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118 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maosen Xu *Laboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China.
Tao Zhang *Laboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China.
Ruolan Xia *Laboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China.
Yuquan WeiLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China.
Xiawei WeiLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China. xiaweiwei@scu.edu.cn.
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumors are comprised of both cancer cells and surrounding stromal components. As an essential part of the tumor microenvironment, the tumor stroma is highly dynamic, heterogeneous and commonly tumor-type specific, and it mainly includes noncellular compositions such as the extracellular matrix and the unique cancer-associated vascular system as well as a wide variety of cellular components including activated cancer-associated fibroblasts, mesenchymal stromal cells, pericytes. All these elements operate with each other in a coordinated fashion and collectively promote cancer initiation, progression, metastasis and therapeutic resistance. Over the past few decades, numerous studies have been conducted to study the interaction and crosstalk between stromal components and neoplastic cells. Meanwhile, we have also witnessed an exponential increase in the investigation and recognition of the critical roles of tumor stroma in solid tumors. A series of clinical trials targeting the tumor stroma have been launched continually. In this review, we introduce and discuss current advances in the understanding of various stromal elements and their roles in cancers. We also elaborate on potential novel approaches for tumor-stroma-based therapeutic targeting, with the aim to promote the leap from bench to bedside.

Indexed as

Cancer-Associated FibroblastsMesenchymal Stem CellsNeoplasmsExtracellular MatrixHumansStromal CellsTumor Microenvironmentcancer-associated fibroblastscancer therapyClinical trialExtracellular matrixMesenchymal stromal cellsPericytesTargeted therapyTumor stroma

Identifiers

PMID36324128
PMCPMC9628074
OpenAlexW4307870433

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