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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

Cancer-associated fibroblasts and immune remodeling in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: evidence and translational perspectives.

Wei-Zhe Hong, Guan-Jiang Huang, Qi-Ping Luo, Biao-Qing Lu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wei-Zhe HongDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.
Guan-Jiang HuangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.
Qi-Ping LuoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.
Biao-Qing LuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remains a clinically challenging malignancy of the head and neck. Because organ preservation is a major therapeutic objective in LSCC, stromal biology is of particular clinical relevance. Stromal factors influence local disease control, functional outcomes, and treatment resistance. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are dynamic regulators of extracellular matrix remodeling, immune exclusion, angiogenesis, and therapeutic resistance. However, LSCC-specific evidence remains fragmented, and many mechanistic concepts are still extrapolated from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC). This review adopts an evidence-stratified framework that distinguishes direct LSCC evidence from translatable cross-site evidence and hypothesis-generating inferences. We propose a provisional five-state model for LSCC that includes myofibroblastic, inflammatory, antigen-presenting, extracellular matrix-remodeling, and putative immune-trapping CAF programs. Direct LSCC studies support the presence of early stromal activation along the leukoplakia-to-carcinoma continuum and the enrichment of

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Cancer-Associated FibroblastsLaryngeal NeoplasmsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckAnimalsCarcinoma, Squamous CellExtracellular MatrixFibroblast Activation Protein AlphaHumansTranslational Research, BiomedicalTumor MicroenvironmentFibroblast Activation Protein Alphacancer-associated fibroblastsimmune evasionimmunotherapy resistancelaryngeal squamous cell carcinomaorgan preservationsingle-cell RNA sequencingspatial transcriptomicstumor microenvironment

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PMID42694678
PMCPMC13539421

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