Control of tumor-associated macrophage responses by nutrient acquisition and metabolism

X Zhang, L Ji, MO Li - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Metazoan tissue specification is associated with integration of macrophage lineage cells in
sub-tissular niches to promote tissue development and homeostasis. Oncogenic …

The significant role of amino acid metabolic reprogramming in cancer

X Liu, B Ren, J Ren, M Gu, L You, Y Zhao - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Amino acid metabolism plays a pivotal role in tumor microenvironment, influencing various
aspects of cancer progression. The metabolic reprogramming of amino acids in tumor cells …

Ornithine aminotransferase supports polyamine synthesis in pancreatic cancer

MS Lee, C Dennis, I Naqvi, L Dailey, A Lorzadeh, G Ye… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
There is a need to develop effective therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA),
a highly lethal malignancy with increasing incidence and poor prognosis. Although targeting …

Timing and location dictate monocyte fate and their transition to tumor-associated macrophages

G Dunsmore, W Guo, Z Li, DA Bejarano, R Pai… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a heterogeneous population of cells whose
phenotypes and functions are shaped by factors that are incompletely understood. Herein …

Pancreatic tumors exhibit myeloid-driven amino acid stress and upregulate arginine biosynthesis

JJA Saab, LN Dzierozynski, PB Jonker, R AminiTabrizi… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Nutrient stress in the tumor microenvironment requires cancer cells to adopt adaptive
metabolic programs for survival and proliferation. Therefore, knowledge of …

Emerging mechanisms and promising approaches in pancreatic cancer metabolism

H Wu, M Fu, M Wu, Z Cao, Q Zhang, Z Liu - Cell Death & Disease, 2024 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis. Metabolic abnormalities
are one of the hallmarks of pancreatic cancer, and pancreatic cancer cells can adapt to …

Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and uterine fibroids: Role in collagen synthesis

EE Saad, R Michel, MA Borahay - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Uterine fibroids (UF), also called uterine leiomyoma, is one of the most prevalent uterine
tumors. UF represents a serious women's health global problem with a significant physical …

Nano-enhanced immunotherapy: Targeting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

Y Jin, Y Huang, H Ren, H Huang, C Lai, W Wang… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME), which is mostly composed of tumor cells, immune cells,
signaling molecules, stromal tissue, and the vascular system, is an integrated system that is …

Roles of differently polarized macrophages in the initiation and progressionof pancreatic cancer

P Storz - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
During development of pancreatic cancer macrophage-mediated inflammatory processes
and the formation of cancerous lesions are tightly connected. Based on insight from mouse …

Convergent inducers and effectors of T cell paralysis in the tumour microenvironment

D Hanahan, O Michielin, MJ Pittet - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Tumorigenesis embodies the formation of a heterotypic tumour microenvironment (TME)
that, among its many functions, enables the evasion of T cell-mediated immune responses …