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Regulation of efferocytosis as a novel cancer therapy

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Zhou, Yunxiang, Yao, Yihan, Deng, Yongchuan, Shao, Anwen·2020·Cell Communication and Signaling

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Efferocytosis is a physiologic phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells, which modulates inflammatory responses and the immune environment and subsequently facilitates immune escape of cancer cells, thus promoting tumor development and progression. Efferocytosis is an equilibrium formed by perfect coordination among “find-me”, “eat-me” and “don’t-eat-me” signals. These signaling pathways not only affect the proliferation, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis of tumor cells but also regulate adaptive responses and drug resistance to antitumor therapies. Therefore, efferocytosis-related molecules and pathways are potential targets for antitumor therapy. Besides, supplementing conventional chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other immunotherapies with efferocytosis-targeted therapy could enhance the therapeutic efficacy, reduce off-target toxicity, and promote patient outcome.

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  • Efferocytosis is seen as a major hurdle to using antigen presenting cells in cell-based therapies.

    “It is seen as a major hurdle to using antigen presenting cells in cell-based therapies (61–64).”

    From Cholesterol efflux protein, ABCA1, supports anticancer functions of myeloid immune cells (2026) · cites this paper as [63]

    The Immunomodulation section (page unavailable) says efferocytosis suppresses antitumor immune responses, and the Blockade of “eat-me” signaling section links its inhibition to enhanced dendritic-cell cross-presentation. The paper does not describe efferocytosis as a major hurdle to using antigen-presenting cells in cell-based therapies; its discussion of impaired APC function concerns a potential side effect of PS-targeting therapy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Zhou, Y., Yao, Y., Deng, Y., & Shao, A.
Affiliations
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Deng, Yongchuan
  • Shao, Anwen
Venue
Cell Communication and Signaling
Published
2020-05-05
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
71-71
ISSN
1478-811X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3023079876
Cited by
100
References
146
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4
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0.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cell Communication and Signaling (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China (2017M612010)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81701144)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
efferocytosis, cancer immunotherapy, tumor immune evasion, find-me signals, eat-me signals, don't eat me signal, tumor microenvironment, drug resistance, combination therapy, cancer therapy targets
MeSH terms
Regulated Cell Death, Animals, Humans, Immunosuppression Therapy, Inflammation, Neoplasms, Phagocytosis, Apoptosis, Disease Progression, Tumor Escape

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