The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease

T TeSlaa, M Ralser, J Fan, JD Rabinowitz - Nature metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a glucose-oxidizing pathway that runs in parallel
to upper glycolysis to produce ribose 5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide …

CD8+ T cell metabolism in infection and cancer

M Reina-Campos, NE Schar**… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cytotoxic CD8+ T cells play a key role in the elimination of intracellular infections and
malignant cells and can provide long-term protective immunity. In the response to infection …

Advances and challenges in therapeutic targeting of NRF2

AT Dinkova-Kostova, IM Copple - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is
emerging as an attractive therapeutic approach to counteract oxidative stress, inflammation …

Pharmaco-proteogenomic characterization of liver cancer organoids for precision oncology

S Ji, L Feng, Z Fu, G Wu, Y Wu, Y Lin, D Lu… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Organoid models have the potential to recapitulate the biological and pharmacotypic
features of parental tumors. Nevertheless, integrative pharmaco-proteogenomics analysis …

Switching to the cyclic pentose phosphate pathway powers the oxidative burst in activated neutrophils

EC Britt, J Lika, MA Giese, TJ Schoen, GL Seim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Neutrophils are cells at the frontline of innate immunity that can quickly activate effector
functions to eliminate pathogens upon stimulation. However, little is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] The KEAP1-NRF2 pathway: Targets for therapy and role in cancer

S Adinolfi, T Patinen, AJ Deen, S Pitkänen, J Härkönen… - Redox Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The KEAP1-NRF2 pathway is the key regulator of cellular defense against both extrinsic and
intrinsic oxidative and electrophilic stimuli. Since its discovery in the 1990s, its seminal role …

The cancer metabolic reprogramming and immune response

L ** metabolic reprogramming of cancer and immune cells is a putative
determinant of the antitumor immune response in cancer. Increased evidence suggests that …

Targeting NRF2 and its downstream processes: opportunities and challenges

L Torrente, GM DeNicola - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The transcription factor NRF2 coordinates the expression of a vast array of cytoprotective
and metabolic genes in response to various stress inputs to restore cellular homeostasis …

[HTML][HTML] Glutaminase inhibition impairs CD8 T cell activation in STK11-/Lkb1-deficient lung cancer

SA Best, PM Gubser, S Sethumadhavan, A Kersbergen… - Cell Metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) contains a rich source of nutrients that sustains cell
growth and facilitate tumor development. Glucose and glutamine in the TME are essential for …

[HTML][HTML] The role of molecular subtypes and immune infiltration characteristics based on disulfidptosis-associated genes in lung adenocarcinoma

C Qi, J Ma, J Sun, X Wu, J Ding - Aging (Albany NY), 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most common type of lung cancer which accounts for
about 40% of all lung cancers. Early detection, risk stratification and treatment are important …