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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Recent advances in understanding the immune microenvironment in ovarian cancer.

Jinxin Chen, Lu Yang, Yiming Ma, Ye Zhang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jinxin ChenDepartment of Gynecology, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, China.
Lu YangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, China.
Yiming MaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Ye ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occurrence of ovarian cancer (OC) is a major factor in women's mortality rates. Despite progress in medical treatments, like new drugs targeting homologous recombination deficiency, survival rates for OC patients are still not ideal. The tumor microenvironment (TME) includes cancer cells, fibroblasts linked to cancer (CAFs), immune-inflammatory cells, and the substances these cells secrete, along with non-cellular components in the extracellular matrix (ECM). First, the TME mainly plays a role in inhibiting tumor growth and protecting normal cell survival. As tumors progress, the TME gradually becomes a place to promote tumor cell progression. Immune cells in the TME have attracted much attention as targets for immunotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has the potential to regulate the TME, suppressing factors that facilitate tumor advancement, reactivating immune cells, managing tumor growth, and extending the survival of patients with advanced cancer. This review presents an outline of current studies on the distinct cellular elements within the OC TME, detailing their main functions and possible signaling pathways. Additionally, we examine immunotherapy rechallenge in OC, with a specific emphasis on the biological reasons behind resistance to ICIs.

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Ovarian NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCancer-Associated FibroblastsFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapySignal TransductionImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsimmune cellsimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapyovarian cancertumor environment

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PMID38903506
PMCPMC11188340

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