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Cancers, Volume 10, Issue 8

August 2018 - 36 articles

Cover Story: The tumor microenvironment (TME) of epithelial ovarian cancer is a complex network of cancer cells surrounded by immune cells, such as T (CD4+, CD8+) and B lymphocytes (B cells); regulatory lymphocytes (CD4+ Treg, CD8+ Treg and Breg cells); natural killer cells (NKs); pro-inflammatory type 1 macrophages (M1) and tumor associated macrophages (TAMs); dendritic cells (DCs); myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs); and other components including cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and the adipocytes in the omentum. Primary tumors, metastasis, and ascites are enriched with different components, making each TME a unique case. In this issue, we describe the composition of the TME, how it can influence antitumoral responses, and current EOC models. View this paper
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Articles (36)

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,987 Views
11 Pages

1 August 2018

A subset of cells within solid tumors become highly enlarged and enter a state of dormancy (sustained proliferation arrest) in response to anticancer treatment. Although dormant cancer cells might be scored as “dead” in conventional precl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
92 Citations
9,368 Views
14 Pages

Role of Pseudogenes in Tumorigenesis

  • Xinling Hu,
  • Liu Yang and
  • Yin-Yuan Mo

1 August 2018

Functional genomics has provided evidence that the human genome transcribes a large number of non-coding genes in addition to protein-coding genes, including microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Among the group of lncRNAs are pseudogenes tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,349 Views
15 Pages

CSF1R-Expressing Tumor-Associated Macrophages, Smoking and Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Analyses Using Quantitative Phosphor-Integrated Dot Staining

  • Kentaro Inamura,
  • Yasuyuki Shigematsu,
  • Hironori Ninomiya,
  • Yasuhiro Nakashima,
  • Maki Kobayashi,
  • Haruyuki Saito,
  • Katsuhiro Takahashi,
  • Etsuko Futaya,
  • Sakae Okumura and
  • Yuichi Ishikawa
  • + 1 author

31 July 2018

CSF1R-expressing tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) induce a tumor-promoting microenvironment by regulating immunity. Evidence demonstrates that the expression and single nucleotide polymorphisms of CSF1R relate with survival and risk of lung cancer...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,405 Views
22 Pages

Antithrombotic Agents and Cancer

  • Annalisa Bruno,
  • Melania Dovizio,
  • Stefania Tacconelli,
  • Annalisa Contursi,
  • Patrizia Ballerini and
  • Paola Patrignani

31 July 2018

Platelet activation is the first response to tissue damage and, if unrestrained, may promote chronic inflammation-related cancer, mainly through the release of soluble factors and vesicles that are rich in genetic materials and proteins. Platelets al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,472 Views
17 Pages

TGF-βRII Knock-down in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Promotes Tumor Growth and Gemcitabine Resistance. Importance of STAT3 Phosphorylation on S727

  • Vincent Drubay,
  • Nicolas Skrypek,
  • Lucie Cordiez,
  • Romain Vasseur,
  • Céline Schulz,
  • Nihad Boukrout,
  • Belinda Duchêne,
  • Lucie Coppin,
  • Isabelle Van Seuningen and
  • Nicolas Jonckheere

31 July 2018

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most deadly cancers in the Western world because of a lack of early diagnostic markers and efficient therapeutics. At the time of diagnosis, more than 80% of patients have metastasis or locally advanced...

  • Review
  • Open Access
151 Citations
13,624 Views
30 Pages

30 July 2018

Inflammation plays a role in the initiation and development of many types of cancers, including epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC), a type of EOC. There are connections between EOC and both peritoneal and ovul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
106 Citations
9,097 Views
12 Pages

28 July 2018

Background: Novel radiomic features are enabling the extraction of biological data from routine sequences of MRI images. This study’s purpose was to establish a new model, based on the joint intensity matrix (JIM), to predict the Gleason score (GS) o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,453 Views
15 Pages

28 July 2018

The tumor suppressor p53 is a transcriptional factor broadly mutated in cancer. Most inactivating and gain of function mutations disrupt the sequence-specific DNA binding domain, which activates target genes. This is perhaps the main reason why most...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,756 Views
17 Pages

27 July 2018

The clinical application of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has led to dramatic changes in the treatment strategy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite the observation of improved overall survival in NSCLC patient...

  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
6,605 Views
24 Pages

Metabolomics Biomarkers for Detection of Colorectal Neoplasms: A Systematic Review

  • Vanessa Erben,
  • Megha Bhardwaj,
  • Petra Schrotz-King and
  • Hermann Brenner

27 July 2018

Background: Several approaches have been suggested to be useful in the early detection of colorectal neoplasms. Since metabolites are closely related to the phenotype and are available from different human bio-fluids, metabolomics are candidates for...

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