Arebro, J.; Lee, C.-M.; Bennewith, K.L.; Garnis, C. Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Malignancy with Focus on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2024, 25, 1300.
Arebro, J.; Lee, C.-M.; Bennewith, K.L.; Garnis, C. Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Malignancy with Focus on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 1300.
Arebro, J.; Lee, C.-M.; Bennewith, K.L.; Garnis, C. Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Malignancy with Focus on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2024, 25, 1300.
Arebro, J.; Lee, C.-M.; Bennewith, K.L.; Garnis, C. Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Malignancy with Focus on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 1300.
Abstract
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains an under-studied and significant global cancer killer and dismal survival rates have not changed in decades. A better understanding of the molecular basis of OSCC progression and metastasis is needed to develop new approaches for treating this disease. The supportive network surrounding cancer tumor cells known as the tumor microenvironment (TME) has gained increasing interest lately since it performs essential pro-tumorigenic functions. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the main cell types in the TME and are known to play a key role in influencing the biological behavior of tumors. CAFs present a heterogeneity both in phenotype as well as functions, leading to the suggestion of different CAF subtypes in several cancer forms. The task to subtype CAFs in OSCC has however just begun and there is today no united way of subtyping CAFs in this disease. This review aims to define the features of CAFs and to summarize CAF subtype research in OSCC including aspects as disease prognosis and therapeutic opportunities.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics
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