ReviewCancer cell2023
Activated fibroblasts in cancer: Perspectives and challenges.
Review in Cancer cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers.
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283 citing papers in PubMed.
- Gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel with or without the VDR agonist paricalcitol for metastatic pancreatic cancer: a randomized, multiarm, run-in phase trial.Nature cancer · 2026Trial
- Immune-featured stromal niches associate with response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Trial
- ALKBH5 in Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Governs an Epitranscriptomic Axis That Drives Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis.Cancer research · 2026Article
- Role of lipid-associated fibroblasts and their signature genes FABP4, CD36 and ABCA8 in gastric cancer progression.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- The dual immune landscape of homologous recombination-deficient tumors: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts drive immune resistance in MSS colorectal cancer via the FAIM2-CES1-ER stress pathway.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2026Article
- SDC1Gut · 2026Article
- Single-Cell Transcriptome of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Reveals Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- SERPINH1 derived from cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Genes and immunity · 2026Article
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- Tumor stroma-immune interactions shape the immunosuppressive microenvironment and predict response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus immunotherapy in rectal cancer.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Observational
- CAF-derived exosomes inhibit ferroptosis via GALNT14-mediated O-GalNAcylation of SLC7A11 in colorectal cancer.Oncogene · 2026Article
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- Spatiotemporally Ultrasound-Controlled Nanoparticles Reprogramming Immunostimulatory Antigen-Presenting Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Fibroblast-specific ablation of MHC-I antigen presentation via the IGF2 axis cripples CD8Science advances · 2026Article
- Integrative plasma-to-spatial proteomics reveals fibroblast-associated signatures in liver metastatic breast cancer.Cancer cell international · 2026Article
- FAPI: a solution to all, what about NENs?EJNMMI reports · 2026Review
- KRAS inhibition is an effective therapy for appendiceal adenocarcinoma.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026Article
- The lethal symbiont: exploring the pathophysiology of cancer.Physiological reviews · 2026Review
- FOXO1 Is Required for Growth and Viability of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Human Breast Carcinomas.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2026Article
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Abstract
Activated fibroblasts in tumors, or cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), have become a popular research area over the past decade. As important players in many aspects of tumor biology, with functions ranging from collagen deposition to immunosuppression, CAFs have been the target of clinical and pre-clinical studies that have revealed their potential pro- and anti-tumorigenic dichotomy. In this review, we describe the important role of CAFs in the tumor microenvironment and the technological advances that made these discoveries possible, and we detail the models that are currently available for CAF investigation. Additionally, we present evidence to support the value of encompassing CAF investigation as a future therapeutic avenue alongside immune and cancer cells while highlighting the challenges that must be addressed for successful clinical translation of new findings.
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