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ReviewTrends in cancer2025

Protease regulation of tumor-immune cell symbiosis.

Lizhi Pang, Yuyun Huang, Jean Huang-Gao, Peiwen Chen

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Caspase-1 in cancer and inflammatory diseases: a potential therapeutic target.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
    Review
  6. Tumor-derived RAC1Science advances · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lizhi PangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Yuyun HuangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Jean Huang-GaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Peiwen ChenDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address: CHENP6@ccf.org.

Funding

TUMOR METABOLISM PROGRAMP30CA043703 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Bowen Zhou · 1987 to 2026
$142.3M
Mechanism and therapeutic potential of microglia regulation in glioblastomaR01NS124594 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peiwen Chen · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Targeting macrophage reprogramming in glioblastomaR01NS127824 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peiwen Chen · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA043703NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124594NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127824
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteases play a crucial role in cancer progression and are traditionally known for their protumorigenic role by degrading the extracellular matrix (ECM). Emerging evidence indicates that proteases, such as caspases, cathepsins, and ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs), regulate diverse immunomodulatory substrates or signals in the tumor microenvironment (TME), generating symbiotic interactions between cancer cells and immune cells. These interactions are critical for tumor progression and immunotherapy resistance across cancer types. In this review, we highlight recent insights into protease-mediated tumor-immune cell crosstalk, emphasizing how this symbiosis affects tumor progression and immunosuppression. Moreover, we discuss therapeutic strategies that exploit protease-mediated tumor-immune cell interactions to inhibit tumor progression and sensitize immunologically 'cold' tumors to immunotherapies, especially immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPeptide HydrolasesTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell CommunicationDisease ProgressionDrug Resistance, NeoplasmExtracellular MatrixHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapySymbiosisImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPeptide Hydrolasesimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapyproteasetumor–immune cell crosstalktumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40057434
PMCPMC12158644

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