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腫瘤微環(huán)境

腫瘤微環(huán)境(TME)是指惡性和非轉(zhuǎn)化細(xì)胞之間的環(huán)境,包括周圍的血管、免疫細(xì)胞、成纖維細(xì)胞、信號(hào)分子和細(xì)胞外基質(zhì)(ECM)[1-4]。癌癥不僅僅是惡性細(xì)胞的聚集,而是復(fù)雜的“變態(tài)”器官,許多其他細(xì)胞被招募并可能被轉(zhuǎn)化的細(xì)胞所腐化 [5]。腫瘤微環(huán)境中的非惡性細(xì)胞在癌癥發(fā)生的各個(gè)階段都具有動(dòng)態(tài)且常常促進(jìn)腫瘤的功能 [6]。

除了惡性細(xì)胞外,腫瘤微環(huán)境中還存在脂肪細(xì)胞、成纖維細(xì)胞、腫瘤血管、淋巴細(xì)胞、樹突狀細(xì)胞和癌相關(guān)成纖維細(xì)胞。每種細(xì)胞類型都具有獨(dú)特的免疫能力,決定了腫瘤是否能夠存活并影響周圍的細(xì)胞 [7]

腫瘤微環(huán)境(TME)最重要的機(jī)制和相互作用示意圖概述

圖1. 腫瘤微環(huán)境(TME)最重要的機(jī)制和相互作用示意圖概述

圖1展示了腫瘤微環(huán)境的最重要機(jī)制和相互作用。綠色箭頭表示免疫系統(tǒng)的抗腫瘤活動(dòng),紅色箭頭表示抑制免疫系統(tǒng)的抗腫瘤活動(dòng)。當(dāng)然,腫瘤本身具有強(qiáng)烈的促進(jìn)腫瘤生長(zhǎng)的效應(yīng)(中間的循環(huán))。

● Angiogenesis Inhibitor in Cancer

● Angiogenic Activator in Cancer

● ECM and ECM Regulators

● MDSC Cytokines and Growth Factors

● MDS Intracellular Signaling Factors

● MDSC Phenotyping-Negative/Positive Markers

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