Inflammation: the incubator of the tumor microenvironment

D Denk, FR Greten - Trends in Cancer, 2022 - cell.com
An inflammatory microenvironment, either conferred by an underlying chronic overt or
smoldering inflammatory condition constitutes a prerequisite and fuel to essentially all …

Emerging therapies in cancer metabolism

Y **ao, TJ Yu, Y Xu, R Ding, YP Wang, YZ Jiang… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer is not only a biological hallmark but also reveals
treatment vulnerabilities. Numerous metabolic molecules have shown promise as treatment …

Exosomal circRNA: emerging insights into cancer progression and clinical application potential

F Zhang, J Jiang, H Qian, Y Yan, W Xu - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Exosomal circRNA serves a novel genetic information molecule, facilitating communication
between tumor cells and microenvironmental cells, such as immune cells, fibroblasts, and …

The adipocyte microenvironment and cancer

A Mukherjee, AJ Bilecz, E Lengyel - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Many epithelial tumors grow in the vicinity of or metastasize to adipose tissue. As tumors
develop, crosstalk between adipose tissue and cancer cells leads to changes in adipocyte …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of obesity and its associated diseases

X **, T Qiu, L Li, R Yu, X Chen, C Li, CG Proud… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of obesity has increased across the whole world. Many epidemiological
studies have indicated that obesity strongly contributes to the development of cancer …

Multi-stage mechanisms of tumor metastasis and therapeutic strategies

Z Liu, J Chen, Y Ren, S Liu, Y Ba, A Zuo… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The cascade of metastasis in tumor cells, exhibiting organ-specific tendencies, may occur at
numerous phases of the disease and progress under intense evolutionary pressures. Organ …

Depletion of creatine phosphagen energetics with a covalent creatine kinase inhibitor

N Darabedian, W Ji, M Fan, S Lin, HS Seo… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Creatine kinases (CKs) provide local ATP production in periods of elevated energetic
demand, such as during rapid anabolism and growth. Thus, creatine energetics has …

[HTML][HTML] Aberrant hepatic lipid metabolism associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis triggers hepatotoxicity of novel PFOS alternatives in adult zebrafish

Q Wang, J Huang, S Liu, C Wang, Y **, H Lai… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) has been reported to induce hepatotoxicity in wildlife and
humans. Novel PFOS alternatives have been widely used following restrictions on PFOS …

[HTML][HTML] The thermogenic activity of adjacent adipocytes fuels the progression of ccRCC and compromises anti-tumor therapeutic efficacy

G Wei, H Sun, K Dong, L Hu, Q Wang, Q Zhuang, Y Zhu… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) preferentially invades into perinephric adipose
tissue (PAT), a process associated with poor prognosis. However, the detailed mechanisms …

The role of TXNIP in cancer: a fine balance between redox, metabolic, and immunological tumor control

J Deng, T Pan, Z Liu, C McCarthy, JM Vicencio… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) is commonly considered a master regulator of
cellular oxidation, regulating the expression and function of Thioredoxin (Trx). Recent work …