Polyamines in cancer: integrating organismal metabolism and antitumour immunity

CE Holbert, MT Cullen, RA Casero Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The natural mammalian polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine are essential for
both normal and neoplastic cell function and replication. Dysregulation of metabolism of …

Polyamines: their significance for maintaining health and contributing to diseases

M Xuan, X Gu, J Li, D Huang, C Xue, Y He - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Polyamines are essential for the growth and proliferation of mammalian cells and are
intimately involved in biological mechanisms such as DNA replication, RNA transcription …

GCN2 inhibition sensitizes arginine-deprived hepatocellular carcinoma cells to senolytic treatment

R Missiaen, NM Anderson, LC Kim, B Nance… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a typically fatal malignancy exhibiting genetic
heterogeneity and limited therapy responses. We demonstrate here that HCCs consistently …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the gut microbiome in colorectal cancer development and therapy response

L Sánchez-Alcoholado, B Ramos-Molina, A Otero… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause
of cancer-related deaths. Recently, several studies have demonstrated that gut microbiota …

Emerging role of human microbiome in cancer development and response to therapy: special focus on intestinal microflora

H Sadrekarimi, ZR Gardanova, M Bakhshesh… - Journal of translational …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, there has been a greater emphasis on the impact of microbial populations
inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract on human health and disease. According to the …

Enhancer hijacking determines extrachromosomal circular MYCN amplicon architecture in neuroblastoma

K Helmsauer, ME Valieva, S Ali… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
MYCN amplification drives one in six cases of neuroblastoma. The supernumerary gene
copies are commonly found on highly rearranged, extrachromosomal circular DNA (ecDNA) …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolism and function of polyamines in cancer progression

IN Sari, T Setiawan, KS Kim, YT Wijaya, KW Cho… - Cancer Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamines are essential for the proliferation, differentiation, and development of
eukaryotes. They include spermine, spermidine, and the diamine precursor putrescine, and …

Nitrogen metabolism in cancer and immunity

K Kurmi, MC Haigis - Trends in Cell Biology, 2020 - cell.com
As one of the fundamental requirements for cell growth and proliferation, nitrogen
acquisition and utilization must be tightly regulated. Nitrogen can be generated from amino …

Dual targeting of polyamine synthesis and uptake in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

A Khan, LD Gamble, DH Upton, C Ung, DMT Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an incurable malignant childhood brain tumor, with
no active systemic therapies and a 5-year survival of less than 1%. Polyamines are small …

Polyamines and related signaling pathways in cancer

J Li, Y Meng, X Wu, Y Sun - Cancer cell international, 2020 - Springer
Polyamines are aliphatic compounds with more than two amino groups that play various
important roles in human cells. In cancer, polyamine metabolism dysfunction often occurs …