Journal
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm8050676
Keywords
epithelial-mesenchymal transition; hybrid E; M states; plasticity; tumour heterogeneity; treatment resistance; immunotherapy scape
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- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competividad [SAF2013-44739-R, SAF2016-76504-R]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [CIBERONC 16/12/00295, PI16/00134]
- EU-FEDER fund
- FC AECC (Grupos Estables de Investigacion 2018-AECC)
- Worldwide Cancer Research UK [12-1057, 16-0295]
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Therapy resistance is responsible for tumour recurrence and represents one of the major challenges in present oncology. Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the mechanisms underlying resistance to conventional and targeted therapies improving the clinical management of relapsed patients. Unfortunately, in too many cases, resistance reappears leading to a fatal outcome. The recent introduction of immunotherapy regimes has provided an unprecedented success in the treatment of specific cancer types; however, a good percentage of patients do not respond to immune-based treatments or ultimately become resistant. Cellular plasticity, cancer cell stemness and tumour heterogeneity have emerged as important determinants of treatment resistance. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is associated with resistance in many different cellular and preclinical models, although little evidence derives directly from clinical samples. The recognition of the presence in tumours of intermediate hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal states as the most likely manifestation of epithelial plasticity and their potential link to stemness and tumour heterogeneity, provide new clues to understanding resistance and could be exploited in the search for anti-resistance strategies. Here, recent evidence linking EMT/epithelial plasticity to resistance against conventional, targeted and immune therapy are summarized. In addition, future perspectives for related clinical approaches are also discussed.
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