Metabolomics in cancer research and emerging applications in clinical oncology

DR Schmidt, R Patel, DG Kirsch… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer has myriad effects on metabolism that include both rewiring of intracellular
metabolism to enable cancer cells to proliferate inappropriately and adapt to the tumor …

Aspects of the tumor microenvironment involved in immune resistance and drug resistance

K Khalaf, D Hana, JTT Chou, C Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and ever-changing “rogue organ”
composed of its own blood supply, lymphatic and nervous systems, stroma, immune cells …

Dietary fructose improves intestinal cell survival and nutrient absorption

SR Taylor, S Ramsamooj, RJ Liang, A Katti… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Fructose consumption is linked to the rising incidence of obesity and cancer, which are two
of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally,. Dietary fructose metabolism …

Emerging roles and the regulation of aerobic glycolysis in hepatocellular carcinoma

J Feng, J Li, L Wu, Q Yu, J Ji, J Wu, W Dai… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2020 - Springer
Liver cancer has become the sixth most diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of
cancer death worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is responsible for up to 75–85 …

Intersection of immune and oncometabolic pathways drives cancer hyperprogression during immunotherapy

G Li, JE Choi, I Kryczek, Y Sun, P Liao, S Li, S Wei… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) can produce durable responses against cancer. We and
others have found that a subset of patients experiences paradoxical rapid cancer …

Pyruvate kinase M2 and cancer: the role of PKM2 in promoting tumorigenesis

K Zahra, T Dey, Ashish, SP Mishra, U Pandey - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pyruvate kinase plays a pivotal role in regulating cell metabolism. The final and rate-limiting
step of glycolysis is the conversion of Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to Pyruvate, which is …

Targeting metabolism for cancer therapy

A Luengo, DY Gui, MG Vander Heiden - Cell chemical biology, 2017 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming contributes to tumor development and introduces metabolic
liabilities that can be exploited to treat cancer. Chemotherapies targeting metabolism have …

Phosphoenolpyruvate is a metabolic checkpoint of anti-tumor T cell responses

PC Ho, JD Bihuniak, AN Macintyre, M Staron, X Liu… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Activated T cells engage aerobic glycolysis and anabolic metabolism for growth,
proliferation, and effector functions. We propose that a glucose-poor tumor …

The ERK and JNK pathways in the regulation of metabolic reprogramming

S Papa, PM Choy, C Bubici - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Most tumor cells reprogram their glucose metabolism as a result of mutations in oncogenes
and tumor suppressors, leading to the constitutive activation of signaling pathways involved …

FSTL1 promotes liver fibrosis by reprogramming macrophage function through modulating the intracellular function of PKM2

J Rao, H Wang, M Ni, Z Wang, Z Wang, S Wei, M Liu… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Follistatin-like protein 1 (FSTL1) is widely recognised as a secreted glycoprotein,
but its role in modulating macrophage-related inflammation during liver fibrosis has not been …