{"title":"How Do Cancer Cells Create Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Subtypes? Impacts of Extracellular Vesicles on Stromal Diversity.","authors":"Yutaka Naito","doi":"10.1111/cas.70133","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the major component of the tumor stroma. They mediate various attributes of tumor cells, such as cell growth, migration, invasion, angiogenesis, metabolic reprogramming, apoptosis, immune regulation, and extracellular matrix reconstitution, all related to cancer progression and treatment resistance. Although many researchers have recognized CAF heterogeneity, recent technological advances have emphasized the functional and phenotypic diversity of CAFs in cancer progression. Why are these CAF subtypes generated within tumor tissues? And how do cancer cells dictate such heterogeneous subtypes of CAFs? This review will highlight the CAF subtypes within the tumor microenvironment and their role in tumor progression. CAF subtype induction by extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their significance, which we reported previously, is also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48943,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cancer Science","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cas.70133","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the major component of the tumor stroma. They mediate various attributes of tumor cells, such as cell growth, migration, invasion, angiogenesis, metabolic reprogramming, apoptosis, immune regulation, and extracellular matrix reconstitution, all related to cancer progression and treatment resistance. Although many researchers have recognized CAF heterogeneity, recent technological advances have emphasized the functional and phenotypic diversity of CAFs in cancer progression. Why are these CAF subtypes generated within tumor tissues? And how do cancer cells dictate such heterogeneous subtypes of CAFs? This review will highlight the CAF subtypes within the tumor microenvironment and their role in tumor progression. CAF subtype induction by extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their significance, which we reported previously, is also discussed.
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Cancer Science (formerly Japanese Journal of Cancer Research) is a monthly publication of the Japanese Cancer Association. First published in 1907, the Journal continues to publish original articles, editorials, and letters to the editor, describing original research in the fields of basic, translational and clinical cancer research. The Journal also accepts reports and case reports.
Cancer Science aims to present highly significant and timely findings that have a significant clinical impact on oncologists or that may alter the disease concept of a tumor. The Journal will not publish case reports that describe a rare tumor or condition without new findings to be added to previous reports; combination of different tumors without new suggestive findings for oncological research; remarkable effect of already known treatments without suggestive data to explain the exceptional result. Review articles may also be published.
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