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Bioengineered hybrid dual-targeting nanoparticles reprogram the tumour microenvironment for deep glioblastoma photodynamic therapy

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Spatiotemporal analyses of the pan-cancer single-cell landscape reveal widespread profibrotic ecotypes associated with tumor immunity

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Bringing Macrophages to the Frontline against Cancer: Current Immunotherapies Targeting Macrophages

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Cellular Landscapes of Nondiseased Human Cardiac Valves From End-Stage Heart Failure–Explanted Heart

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Multi-omics analysis of human tendon adhesion reveals that ACKR1-regulated macrophage migration is involved in regeneration

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Aberrant metabolic processes promote the immunosuppressive microenvironment in multiple myeloma

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The Controversial Role of Intestinal Mast Cells in Colon Cancer

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Tumor-associated macrophages: Prognostic and therapeutic targets for cancer in humans and dogs

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Single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals heterogenous microenvironments and specific drug response between cervical squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma

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High-dimensional single-cell proteomics analysis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma reveals dynamic alterations of the tumor immune microenvironment after neoadjuvant therapy

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IL-1β+ macrophages and the control of pathogenic inflammation in cancer

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Comprehensive molecular phenotyping of ARID1A -deficient gastric cancer reveals pervasive epigenomic reprogramming and therapeutic opportunities

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Noncanonical MAVS signaling restrains dendritic cell–driven antitumor immunity by inhibiting IL-12

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Characterization of the distinct immune microenvironments between hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

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Vascular Normalization Augments the Antitumor Efficacy of Combined HDAC Inhibitor with Immunotherapy in Solid Tumors

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The association between the neuroendocrine system and the tumor immune microenvironment: Emerging directions for cancer immunotherapy

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The dance of macrophage death: the interplay between the inevitable and the microenvironment

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Lipid-associated macrophages for osimertinib resistance and leptomeningeal metastases in NSCLC

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Immunothrombolytic monocyte-neutrophil axes dominate the single-cell landscape of human thrombosis and correlate with thrombus resolution

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