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 …

Amino acid metabolism in tumor biology and therapy

J Chen, L Cui, S Lu, S Xu - Cell Death & Disease, 2024‏ - nature.com
Amino acid metabolism plays important roles in tumor biology and tumor therapy.
Accumulating evidence has shown that amino acids contribute to tumorigenesis and tumor …

Lactylome analysis suggests lactylation-dependent mechanisms of metabolic adaptation in hepatocellular carcinoma

Z Yang, C Yan, J Ma, P Peng, X Ren, S Cai, X Shen… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Enhanced glycolysis and accumulation of lactate is a common feature in various types of
cancer. Intracellular lactate drives a recently described type of posttranslational modification …

[HTML][HTML] Arginine reprograms metabolism in liver cancer via RBM39

D Mossmann, C Müller, S Park, B Ryback, M Colombi… - Cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer. However, mechanisms underlying
metabolic reprogramming and how altered metabolism in turn enhances tumorigenicity are …

Gut microbial metabolites as multi-kingdom intermediates

KA Krautkramer, J Fan, F Bäckhed - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021‏ - nature.com
The gut microbiota contributes to host physiology through the production of a myriad of
metabolites. These metabolites exert their effects within the host as signalling molecules and …

mTOR signaling pathway and mTOR inhibitors in cancer: progress and challenges

Z Zou, T Tao, H Li, X Zhu - Cell & bioscience, 2020‏ - Springer
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates cell proliferation, autophagy, and
apoptosis by participating in multiple signaling pathways in the body. Studies have shown …

Metabolic reprogramming in cancer: Mechanisms and therapeutics

S Nong, X Han, Y **ang, Y Qian, Y Wei, T Zhang… - MedComm, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells characterized by uncontrolled growth and proliferation require altered
metabolic processes to maintain this characteristic. Metabolic reprogramming is a process …

Amino assets: how amino acids support immunity

B Kelly, EL Pearce - Cell metabolism, 2020‏ - cell.com
Amino acids are fundamental building blocks supporting life. Their role in protein synthesis
is well defined, but they contribute to a host of other intracellular metabolic pathways …

Metabolism of amino acids in cancer

Z Wei, X Liu, C Cheng, W Yu, P Yi - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Metabolic reprogramming has been widely recognized as a hallmark of malignancy. The
uptake and metabolism of amino acids are aberrantly upregulated in many cancers that …

The critical role of the branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) catabolism-regulating enzymes, branched-chain aminotransferase (BCAT) and branched-chain α-keto …

A Dimou, V Tsimihodimos, E Bairaktari - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), leucine, isoleucine and valine, are essential amino
acids widely studied for their crucial role in the regulation of protein synthesis mainly through …