Genetic and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
J Cell Physiol. 2021 May;236(5):3445-3465. doi: 10.1002/jcp.30139. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in solid tumors exert protumor activities by releasing cytokines or growth factors into the tumor microenvironment. Increasing studies have also shown that TAMs play a key role in tumor progression, such as tumor angiogenesis, immunosuppression, cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis. A large body of evidence shows that the abundance of TAMs in solid tumors is correlated with poor disease prognosis and resistance to therapies. Therefore, targeting TAMs in solid tumors is considered to be a promising immunotherapeutic strategy. At present, the therapeutic strategies of targeting macrophages mainly include limiting monocyte recruitment, depletion strategies, promoting macrophage phagocytic activity, and induction of macrophage reprogramming. Additionally, targeting TAMs in combination with conventional therapies has been demonstrated to be a promising therapeutic strategy in solid tumors. In the present review, we summarized various TAMs-targeting therapeutic strategies for treating solid tumors. This review also discusses the challenges for targeting TAMs as tumor treatments, the obstacles in clinical trials, and the perspective for the future development of TAMs-targeting therapies for various cancers.
肿瘤相关巨噬细胞(TAMs)在实体瘤中通过向肿瘤微环境释放细胞因子或生长因子发挥促肿瘤作用。越来越多的研究还表明,TAMs 在肿瘤进展中发挥关键作用,如肿瘤血管生成、免疫抑制、细胞增殖、迁移、侵袭和转移。大量证据表明,实体瘤中 TAMs 的丰度与疾病预后不良和对治疗的耐药性相关。因此,靶向实体瘤中的 TAMs 被认为是一种有前途的免疫治疗策略。目前,靶向巨噬细胞的治疗策略主要包括限制单核细胞募集、耗竭策略、促进巨噬细胞吞噬活性和诱导巨噬细胞重编程。此外,已经证明靶向 TAMs 与常规治疗相结合是实体瘤治疗的一种很有前途的治疗策略。在本综述中,我们总结了用于治疗实体瘤的各种靶向 TAMs 的治疗策略。本文还讨论了作为肿瘤治疗靶向 TAMs 所面临的挑战、临床试验中的障碍以及针对各种癌症的 TAMs 靶向治疗未来发展的展望。
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