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- The tumour microenvironment (TME) is important for how cancer grows and spreads, and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play a big role in this.
- CAFs interact with other cells and materials in the TME, and they change in response to signals from the tumour as it develops.
- The review talks about the life cycle of CAFs, their effects on cancer, and how scientists are trying to change their function to help treat cancer better.
Article Abstract
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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