Impact of immune cells on the hallmarks of cancer: A literature review

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

Costa, AC (Author) Other; Santos, JMO (Author) Other; da Costa, RMG (Author) Other; Rui Medeiros (Author) ICBAS

Journal

Title: Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Vol. 168

ISSN: 1040-8428

Publisher: Elsevier

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00V-QBP

DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2021.103541

Abstract (EN): Tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TIICs) are critical players in the tumor microenvironment, modulating cancer cell functions. TIICs are highly heterogenic and plastic and may either suppress cancers or provide support for tumor growth. A wide range of studies have shed light on how tumor-associated macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils, mast cells, natural killer cells and lymphocytes contribute for the establishment of several hallmarks of cancer and became the basis for successful immunotherapies. Many of those TIICs play pivotal roles in several hallmarks of cancer. This review contributes to elucidate the multifaceted roles of immune cells in cancer development, highlighting molecular components that constitute promising therapeutic targets. Additional studies are needed to clarify the relation between TIICs and hallmarks such as enabling replicative immortality, evading growth suppressors, sustaining proliferative signaling, resisting cell death and genome instability and mutation, to further explore their therapeutic potential and improve the outcomes of cancer patients.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 17