ReviewESMO open2023
Macrophage and monocyte subsets as new therapeutic targets in cancer immunotherapy.
Review in ESMO open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping research trends in macrophage polarization and immunotherapeutic potential in prostate cancer: a bibliometric and visual analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Prognostic value of lymphocyte to monocyte ratio for the patients with bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- A novel oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 2 induces polarization of tumor-associated macrophages and remodels the immune microenvironment in glioblastoma.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2026Trial
- Mass cytometry uncovers distinct blood myeloid phenotypes linked to clinical responses during gastric cancer chemoimmunotherapy.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2026Trial
- The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Macrophage Axis in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Evidence, Limitations, and Therapeutic Hypotheses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Macrophage Polarization as a Target for Colorectal Cancer Treatment Optimization: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- A Stretchable, Transparent, Photothermally Stimulated Laser-Induced Graphene Patch for Noninvasive Skin Tumor Treatment.ACS nano · 2026Article
- Integrated multi-target pharmacology of ginseng in acute myeloid leukemia through single-cell sequencing, molecular docking, network pharmacology, and in vitro experiments.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- A microenvironment-determined risk continuum refines subtyping in meningioma and reveals determinants of machine learning-based tumor classification.Nature genetics · 2026Article
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- Clinical significance and potential molecular mechanisms of SYT15 expression in lung adenocarcinoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Immunoglobulin-like transcript 5 polarizes M2-like tumor-associated macrophages for immunosuppression in non-small cell lung cancer.International journal of cancer · 2025Article
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- Mapping glioma progression: single-cell RNA sequencing illuminates cell-cell interactions and immune response variability.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The supporting role of Schwann cells in perineural invasion of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Coumarins in the tumor-immune application: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic innovations.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Comprehensive bioinformatic analysis of HTR7: A potential biomarker for diagnosis, survival, and immunotherapy in pan-cancer.PloS one · 2025Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for the treatment of solid cancers dramatically turned the tables in clinical routine. However, therapy success is still limited with up to 70% of non-responders in patients with ICI treatment. Traditionally, most immunotherapy approaches aim at directly stimulating anti-tumor T cell responses. More recently, tumor-associated macrophages have come into focus due to their predominance in solid tumors. Intensive cross-talk with tumor cells and immune as well as stromal cells within the tumor microenvironment can drive either pro- or anti-tumorigenic macrophage phenotypes. In turn, tumor-associated macrophages strongly shape cytokine and metabolite levels in the tumor microenvironment and thus are central players in anti-tumor immunity. Thus, ambivalent macrophage populations exist which raises therapeutic possibilities to either enhance or diminish their functionality. However, molecular signals controlling tumor-associated macrophage polarization are incompletely understood. Gaining in-depth understanding of monocyte/macrophage properties both in circulation and within distinct tumor microenvironments would (i) allow the development of new therapeutic approaches, and (ii) could additionally aid our understanding of underlying mechanisms limiting current therapy with the option of combinatorial therapies to increase efficacy. In this review, we summarize recent data addressing heterogeneity of tumor-associated macrophage populations and we discuss strategies to target macrophages using known molecular pathways with the potential for straight-forward clinical application.
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