Stromal-dependent Tumor Promotion by MIF Family Members
Overview
Authors
Affiliations
Solid tumors are composed of a heterogeneous population of cells that interact with each other and with soluble and insoluble factors that, when combined, strongly influence the relative proliferation, differentiation, motility, matrix remodeling, metabolism and microvessel density of malignant lesions. One family of soluble factors that is becoming increasingly associated with pro-tumoral phenotypes within tumor microenvironments is that of the migration inhibitory factor family which includes its namesake, MIF, and its only known family member, D-dopachrome tautomerase (D-DT). This review seeks to highlight our current understanding of the relative contributions of a variety of immune and non-immune tumor stromal cell populations and, within those contexts, will summarize the literature associated with MIF and/or D-DT.
Zhang S, Li X, Zheng Y, Liu J, Hu H, Zhang S Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023; 11:1191074.
PMID: 37842089 PMC: 10568628. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1191074.
Chronic inflammation, cancer development and immunotherapy.
Wen Y, Zhu Y, Zhang C, Yang X, Gao Y, Li M Front Pharmacol. 2022; 13:1040163.
PMID: 36313280 PMC: 9614255. DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1040163.
TA-MSCs, TA-MSCs-EVs, MIF: their crosstalk in immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
Zhang Z, Zhou X, Guo J, Zhang F, Qian Y, Wang G J Transl Med. 2022; 20(1):320.
PMID: 35842634 PMC: 9287873. DOI: 10.1186/s12967-022-03528-y.
Chen W, Zuo F, Zhang K, Xia T, Lei W, Zhang Z Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022; 9:791187.
PMID: 35036405 PMC: 8758577. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.791187.
Lee S, Kwon H, Park S, Kim C, Ryu H, Kim S PLoS One. 2021; 16(9):e0257375.
PMID: 34516577 PMC: 8437287. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257375.