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 …

Modulating glycolysis to improve cancer therapy

C Chelakkot, VS Chelakkot, Y Shin, K Song - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer cells undergo metabolic reprogramming and switch to a 'glycolysis-
dominant'metabolic profile to promote their survival and meet their requirements for energy …

Metabolic adaptation of lymphocytes in immunity and disease

NM Chapman, H Chi - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Adaptive immune responses mediated by T cells and B cells are crucial for protective
immunity against pathogens and tumors. Differentiation and function of immune cells require …

Metabolic coordination of T cell quiescence and activation

NM Chapman, MR Boothby, H Chi - Nature reviews immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Naive T cells are actively maintained in a quiescent state that promotes their survival and
persistence. On antigen stimulation, T cells exit quiescence to initiate clonal expansion and …

Navigating metabolic pathways to enhance antitumour immunity and immunotherapy

X Li, M Wenes, P Romero, SCC Huang… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
The development of immunotherapies over the past decade has resulted in a paradigm shift
in the treatment of cancer. However, the majority of patients do not benefit from …

The tumor immune microenvironment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after gemcitabine plus cisplatin treatment

J Lv, Y Wei, JH Yin, YP Chen, GQ Zhou, C Wei… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GP) chemotherapy is the standard of care for nasopharyngeal
carcinoma (NPC). However, the mechanisms underpinning its clinical activity are unclear …

Metabolic signaling in T cells

JA Shyer, RA Flavell, W Bailis - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
The maintenance of organismal homeostasis requires partitioning and transport of
biochemical molecules between organ systems, their composite cells, and subcellular …

Helper T cell differentiation

J Saravia, NM Chapman, H Chi - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2019 - nature.com
CD4+ T helper cells are key regulators of host health and disease. In the original model,
specialized subsets of T helper cells are generated following activation through lineage …

Unraveling the complex interplay between T cell metabolism and function

RI Klein Geltink, RL Kyle… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Metabolism drives function, on both an organismal and a cellular level. In T cell biology,
metabolic remodeling is intrinsically linked to cellular development, activation, function …

Nutrients: Signal 4 in T cell immunity

JL Raynor, H Chi - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2024 - rupress.org
T cells are integral in mediating adaptive immunity to infection, autoimmunity, and cancer.
Upon immune challenge, T cells exit from a quiescent state, followed by clonal expansion …