ReviewImmunological reviews2023
Hijacking homeostasis: Regulation of the tumor microenvironment by apoptosis.
Review in Immunological reviews, 2023. 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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15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rabdosin B suppresses proliferation of nonsmall cell lung cancer by regulating the SRC/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.Pharmaceutical biology · 2026Article
- Plasticity of Non-Apoptotic Residual Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Immunochemotherapy: Epigenetic and Microenvironmental Determinants.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Apoptosis-targeting BH3 mimetics: transforming treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2025Review
- Mitochondrial transplantation sensitizes chemotherapy to inhibit tumor development by enhancing anti-tumor immunity.Cancer biology & medicine · 2025Article
- Contribution of tumor microenvironment (TME) to tumor apoptosis, angiogenesis, metastasis, and drug resistance.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- C-reactive protein-induced injury inMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Expression, purification and characterization of phosphatidylserine-targeting antibodies for biochemical and therapeutic applications.Methods in cell biology · 2025Article
- Establishing Tyro3, Axl, and Mertk Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) reporter cell lines for cancer immunology and therapeutic applications.Methods in cell biology · 2025Article
- Of Tingible Bodies and Starry Skies: Control of Normal and Malignant Tissues Through Apoptotic Cell-Dependent Communication (ACDC).Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Loss of chromosome cytoband 13q14.2 orchestrates breast cancer pathogenesis and drug response.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2024Article
- Mechanism of Efferocytosis in Determining Ischaemic Stroke Resolution-Diving into Microglia/Macrophage Functions and Therapeutic Modality.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Review
- Long non-coding RNAs are involved in the crosstalk between cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumor cells.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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- Hijacking homeostasis: Regulation of the tumor microenvironment by apoptosis.Immunological reviews · 2023Review
- SFXN1 expression analysis in oral squamous cell carcinoma and its association with the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway and immune cell infiltration.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
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Abstract
Cancers are genetically driven, rogue tissues which generate dysfunctional, obdurate organs by hijacking normal, homeostatic programs. Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved regulated cell death program and a profoundly important homeostatic mechanism that is common (alongside tumor cell proliferation) in actively growing cancers, as well as in tumors responding to cytotoxic anti-cancer therapies. Although well known for its cell-autonomous tumor-suppressive qualities, apoptosis harbors pro-oncogenic properties which are deployed through non-cell-autonomous mechanisms and which generally remain poorly defined. Here, the roles of apoptosis in tumor biology are reviewed, with particular focus on the secreted and fragmentation products of apoptotic tumor cells and their effects on tumor-associated macrophages, key supportive cells in the aberrant homeostasis of the tumor microenvironment. Historical aspects of cell loss in tumor growth kinetics are considered and the impact (and potential impact) on tumor growth of apoptotic-cell clearance (efferocytosis) as well as released soluble and extracellular vesicle-associated factors are discussed from the perspectives of inflammation, tissue repair, and regeneration programs. An "apoptosis-centric" view is proposed in which dying tumor cells provide an important platform for intricate intercellular communication networks in growing cancers. The perspective has implications for future research and for improving cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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