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Insights into the relevance of targeting fibroblasts to control cancer.
Review in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Understanding and targeting the tumour matrisome.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026Review
- Role of the stromal and immune microenvironment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts and tertiary lymphoid structure orchestrate the spatial architecture of tumor immunity.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- Radiation-Induced Alterations in Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts: Drivers of Tumor Radioresistance and Therapeutic Targets.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Nanomaterials targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts to overcome stromal barriers in cancer immunotherapy.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
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- Decoding the CAF-TAM axis: multi-omics dissection and therapeutic targeting of stromal-immune crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment.Cell death & disease · 2026Review
- Multi-omics exploration of hypoxia in gastric cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts and immune escape-related genes serve as biological markers for the prognosis of colorectal cancer.Hereditas · 2026Article
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- NGF-mediated tumor-stroma crosstalk promotes prostate cancer aggressiveness.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Integrative Mendelian Randomization and Multiomics Analysis Identifies CAF-Derived Complement Factor B as a Prognostic Biomarker and Therapeutic Vulnerability in Breast Cancer.Human mutation · 2026Article
- Molecular mechanisms of KMT2C alterations in gastrointestinal cancers: enhancer network destabilization, lineage plasticity, and clinical translation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of bidirectional crosstalk between hepatic stellate cell-derived cancer-associated fibroblasts and T cells in immune evasion and therapeutic resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Regulatory T cells in breast cancer drivers of immune suppression and targets for immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) have garnered significant research attention in the last decade. As key stromal cells of the TME, studies have explored them as a potential target for controlling cancer. Using high-throughput technologies like single-cell RNA sequencing coupled with proteomics, the classification of different CAF subgroups reveals a complex system that varies by cancer type. Unraveling novel big data, potentially through AI platforms, will be key to identifying the role of CAFs in tumor progression and therapy escape mechanisms, enabling new therapies that manipulate CAFs to increase patients' survival. We summarize and discuss new developments in an attempt to target CAFs for cancer control. Furthermore, we explore whether the complex heterogeneity of CAF origins can be targeted by single drugs in the future or require targeted, personalized therapies to combat cancer.
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