Hypoxic microenvironment in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

Z Chen, F Han, Y Du, H Shi, W Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Having a hypoxic microenvironment is a common and salient feature of most solid tumors.
Hypoxia has a profound effect on the biological behavior and malignant phenotype of …

Amino acid metabolism in immune cells: essential regulators of the effector functions, and promising opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy

L Yang, Z Chu, M Liu, Q Zou, J Li, Q Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Amino acids are basic nutrients for immune cells during organ development, tissue
homeostasis, and the immune response. Regarding metabolic reprogramming in the tumor …

Hypoxia and the tumor microenvironment

Y Li, L Zhao, XF Li - Technology in cancer research & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Hypoxia is an important feature of the tumor microenvironment, and is closely associated
with cell proliferation, angiogenesis, metabolism and the tumor immune response. All these …

A blueprint for tumor-infiltrating B cells across human cancers

J Ma, Y Wu, L Ma, X Yang, T Zhang, G Song, T Li… - Science, 2024 - science.org
B lymphocytes are essential mediators of humoral immunity and play multiple roles in
human cancer. To decode the functions of tumor-infiltrating B cells, we generated a B cell …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting metabolism to improve the tumor microenvironment for cancer immunotherapy

JE Bader, K Voss, JC Rathmell - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The growing field of immune metabolism has revealed promising indications for metabolic
targets to modulate anti-cancer immunity. Combination therapies involving metabolic …

Germinal center and extrafollicular B cell responses in vaccination, immunity, and autoimmunity

RA Elsner, MJ Shlomchik - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Activated B cells participate in either extrafollicular (EF) or germinal center (GC) responses.
Canonical responses are composed of a short wave of plasmablasts (PBs) arising from EF …

[HTML][HTML] B cell responses: cell interaction dynamics and decisions

JG Cyster, CDC Allen - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
B cells and the antibodies they produce have a deeply penetrating influence on human
physiology. Here, we review current understanding of how B cell responses are initiated; the …

The PI3K pathway in human disease

DA Fruman, H Chiu, BD Hopkins, S Bagrodia… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activity is stimulated by diverse oncogenes and growth
factor receptors, and elevated PI3K signaling is considered a hallmark of cancer. Many PI3K …

Metabolic instruction of immunity

MD Buck, RT Sowell, SM Kaech, EL Pearce - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Choices have consequences. Immune cells survey and migrate throughout the body and
sometimes take residence in niche environments with distinct communities of cells …

Regulation of immunity and inflammation by hypoxia in immunological niches

CT Taylor, SP Colgan - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Immunological niches are focal sites of immune activity that can have varying
microenvironmental features. Hypoxia is a feature of physiological and pathological …