Drug Resistance and Tumor Microenvironment in Human Cancers
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Biology and Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 33
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer biology; tumor microenvironment; oncogenic signaling pathways; metabolism; hypoxia; acidosis; drug resistance
Interests: cancer biology; cancer metabolism; tumor microenvironment; steroid hormones and receptors; drug resistance
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Interests: cancer biology; estrogens; G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER); tumor microenvironment; drug resistance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are calling for manuscripts to be published in the Special Issue ‘Drug Resistance and Tumor Microenvironment in Human Cancers’ of the Biomedicines journal.
The tumor microenvironment is a critical contributor to triggering the acquisition of drug resistance. The development of resistance to therapy is a significant barrier to treatment and one of the major challenges in cancer translational research. Understanding the influence of the tumor microenvironment on cancer cell signaling and behavior towards drug resistance is crucial to identify new therapeutic strategies that might increase patients’ survival and life quality. This Special Issue aims to collect and publish recent discoveries on the influence of the tumor microenvironment in cancer drug resistance. Manuscripts describing research on the cellular and molecular basis of resistance to cancer therapy are welcome. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts, immune cells, epithelial cells, endothelial cells, acidosis, hypoxia, extracellular matrix proteins and other components of the tumor microenvironment in acquiring drug resistance. Articles identifying novel markers, new therapeutic targets and promising molecular and cellular drug resistance mechanisms will be highly preferred. Original contributions and review articles on this topic are welcomed.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Tiago Miguel Amaral Carvalho
Prof. Dr. Silvia Socorro
Dr. Marília Isabel Neto Figueira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cancer therapy
- drug resistance
- tumor microenvironment
- targeted therapy
- precision medicine
- cancer-related mechanisms
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