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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 122, 期 7, 页码 931-942出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41416-019-0705-1
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- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) [FRN 146469]
- Canadian Institute of Health (CIHR) Collaborative Health Research Program (CHRP) [FRN 146469]
- Ontario Trillium Scholarship
- NSERC CREATE M3 fellowship
The tumour microenvironment (TME) determines vital aspects of tumour development, such as tumour growth, metastases and response to therapy. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are abundant and extremely influential in this process and interact with cellular and matrix TME constituents such as endothelial and immune cells and collagens, fibronectin and elastin, respectively. However, CAFs are also the recipients of signals-both chemical and physical-that are generated by the TME, and their phenotype effectively evolves alongside the tumour mass during tumour progression. Amid a rising clinical interest in CAFs as a crucial force for disease progression, this review aims to contextualise the CAF phenotype using the chronological framework of the CAF life cycle within the evolving tumour stroma, ranging from quiescent fibroblasts to highly proliferative and secretory CAFs. The emergence, properties and clinical implications of CAF activation are discussed, as well as research strategies used to characterise CAFs and current clinical efforts to alter CAF function as a therapeutic strategy.
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