Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts
"Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Subpopulation of heterogeneous fibroblasts within the TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT that support NEOPLASTIC CELL TRANSFORMATION and NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.228.105
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| Concept/Terms |
Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts- Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts
- Cancer-Associated Fibroblast
- Fibroblast, Cancer-Associated
- Fibroblasts, Cancer-Associated
- Cancer Associated Fibroblasts
- Cancer Associated Fibroblast
- Fibroblast, Cancer Associated
- Fibroblasts, Cancer Associated
- Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts
- Fibroblast, Tumor-Associated
- Fibroblasts, Tumor-Associated
- Tumor Associated Fibroblasts
- Tumor-Associated Fibroblast
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts" by people in Profiles.
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NNMT inhibition in cancer-associated fibroblasts restores antitumour immunity. Nature. 2025 Sep; 645(8082):1051-1059.
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Hypoxia Potentiates the Inflammatory Fibroblast Phenotype Promoted by Pancreatic Cancer Cell-Derived Cytokines. Cancer Res. 2023 05 15; 83(10):1596-1610.
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Understanding Long-Term Survival of Patients with Ovarian Cancer-The Tumor Microenvironment Comes to the Forefront. Cancer Res. 2023 05 02; 83(9):1383-1385.
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CD26-negative and CD26-positive tissue-resident fibroblasts contribute to functionally distinct CAF subpopulations in breast cancer. Nat Commun. 2023 01 12; 14(1):183.
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Spatial Positioning and Matrix Programs of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Promote T-cell Exclusion in Human Lung Tumors. Cancer Discov. 2022 11 02; 12(11):2606-2625.
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The neutrophil protein CD177 is a novel PDPN receptor that regulates human cancer-associated fibroblast physiology. PLoS One. 2021; 16(12):e0260800.
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Fibroblast pyruvate carboxylase is required for collagen production in the tumour microenvironment. Nat Metab. 2021 11; 3(11):1484-1499.
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Fibroblast heterogeneity in prostate carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett. 2022 01 28; 525:76-83.
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Cadherin 11 Promotes Immunosuppression and Extracellular Matrix Deposition to Support Growth of Pancreatic Tumors and Resistance to Gemcitabine in Mice. Gastroenterology. 2021 03; 160(4):1359-1372.e13.
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Immunotherapeutic Response in Tumors Is Affected by Microenvironmental ROS. Cancer Res. 2020 05 01; 80(9):1799-1800.