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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Cancer-associated fibroblast-mediated immune evasion: molecular mechanisms of stromal-immune crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment.

Junling Luo, Xuehua Xiang, Guangyuan Gong, Lang Jiang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. 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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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

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Junling Luo *Department of Medical Laboratory, Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital Chongqing Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Xuehua Xiang *Department of Medical Laboratory, Qijiang District People's Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Guangyuan GongDepartment of Medical Laboratory, Qijiang District People's Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Lang JiangDepartment of Medical Laboratory, Qijiang District People's Hospital, Chongqing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex ecosystem and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are critical drivers of the immunosuppressive TME. The dynamic interactions between CAFs and immune cells play a crucial role in tumor progression and immune evasion. This review systematically investigates the interactions between CAFs and different immune cells and elaborates on the molecular mechanisms of CAF-mediated immune suppression, with a focus on their multifaceted interactions with various immune cell populations. The present study discusses how CAFs utilize cytokine networks, metabolic reprogramming and immune checkpoint regulation to establish an immunosuppressive TME. Clinical translation should prioritize FAP-directed therapies alongside αPD-1 to concurrently target CAF-immune crosstalk and metabolic competition in the TME.

Indexed as

Cancer-Associated FibroblastsImmune EvasionNeoplasmsTumor EscapeTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell CommunicationCytokinesHumansCytokinesCAFscancer-associated fibroblastsimmune cellsimmune evasiontumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40934009
PMCPMC12417531

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