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ReviewGenes & diseases2025

Tumor microenvironment in osteosarcoma: From cellular mechanism to clinical therapy.

Yihan Yu, Kanglu Li, Yizhong Peng, Zhicai Zhang, Feifei Pu, Zengwu Shao, Wei Wu

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Review in Genes & diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yihan YuDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.
Kanglu LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.
Yizhong PengDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.
Zhicai ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.
Feifei PuDepartment of Orthopedics, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (Wuhan No.1 Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.
Zengwu ShaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.
Wei WuDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma, a prevalent primary malignant bone tumor, predominantly affects both elderly and adolescent populations and usually has an unfavorable prognosis. The specific mechanisms underlying its invasive progression remain unclear. The tumor microenvironment includes not only cancer cells but also bone-related cells, immune cells, tumor-associated nerve cells, and cell-secreted factors. The cooperative and competitive interactions among these cellular components contribute to the proliferation, progression, metastasis, and immune evasion of osteosarcoma. Alterations in bone-related cells, resulting from oncogenic changes, can rapidly increase bone density or aggravate bone loss, thereby promoting the survival of osteosarcoma cells. During the progression of osteosarcoma, genetic alterations in tumor cells lead to changes in extracellular matrix components, influencing the variation in cell-secreted factors, promoting immunosuppression within the tumor microenvironment, and consequently affecting tumor proliferation and progression. This review summarizes the roles of tumor microenvironment components in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma and discusses existing therapeutic targets. The findings suggest potential research directions for further investigation of osteosarcoma, provide novel insights into the development of osteosarcoma, and may guide the development of more effective anti-tumor strategies.

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Extracellular matrixImmune inflammatory cellsMesenchymal stem cellOsteosarcomaTumor microenvironment

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PMID40600065
PMCPMC12211857

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