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Sympathetic nervous system regulation of the tumour microenvironment

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Cole, Steven W., Nagaraja, Archana S., Lutgendorf, Susan K., Green, Paige A., Sood, Anil K.·2015·Nature Reviews Cancer

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The peripheral autonomic nervous system (ANS) is known to regulate gene expression in primary tumours and their surrounding microenvironment. Activation of the sympathetic division of the ANS in particular modulates gene expression programmes that promote metastasis of solid tumours by stimulating macrophage infiltration, inflammation, angiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumour invasion, and by inhibiting cellular immune responses and programmed cell death. Haematological cancers are modulated by sympathetic nervous system (SNS) regulation of stem cell biology and haematopoietic differentiation programmes. In addition to identifying a molecular basis for physiologic stress effects on cancer, these findings have also identified new pharmacological strategies to inhibit cancer progression in vivo.

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Authors
Cole, S. W., Nagaraja, A. S., Lutgendorf, S. K., Green, P. A., & Sood, A. K.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • University of Iowa (US)
  • National Cancer Institute (US)
Venue
Nature Reviews Cancer
Published
2015-08-24
Volume
15
Issue
9
Pages
563-572
ISSN
  • 1474-175X (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1768
OpenAlex
W1959055352
Cited by
576
References
132
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (AG017265, R37AG033590, AG033590, R01AG033590, P30AG017265)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA 109298, CA177909, P50CA098258, U54CA151668, R01CA177909, CA083639, CA-104825, R01CA109298, CA140933, R01CA116778, R01CA104825, CA151668, CA-116778, R01CA140933, P50CA083639, CA098258, P30CA016672)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
Keywords
sympathetic nervous system, tumor microenvironment, peripheral autonomic nervous system, beta-adrenergic signaling, physiological stress, metastasis, macrophage infiltration, tumor inflammation, angiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, tumor invasion, antitumor immunity, hematologic cancer, cancer stem cells, hematopoietic differentiation
MeSH terms
Cell Differentiation, Humans, Neoplasms, Neovascularization, Pathologic, Sympathetic Nervous System, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Tumor Microenvironment

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