Glucose transporters in cancer–from tumor cells to the tumor microenvironment

PB Ancey, C Contat, E Meylan - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solute carriers of the glucose transporter (GLUT) family mediate the first step for cellular
glucose usage. The upregulation of GLUT s has been reported in numerous cancer types as …

Targeting glucose metabolism enzymes in cancer treatment: current and emerging strategies

Y Zhang, Q Li, Z Huang, B Li, EC Nice, C Huang, L Wei… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Reprogramming of glucose metabolism is a hallmark of cancer and can be
targeted by therapeutic agents. Some metabolism regulators, such as ivosidenib and …

The distinct metabolic phenotype of lung squamous cell carcinoma defines selective vulnerability to glycolytic inhibition

J Goodwin, ML Neugent, SY Lee, JH Choe… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) are the two predominant
subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and are distinct in their histological …

Glucose transporter 4: Insulin response mastermind, glycolysis catalyst and treatment direction for cancer progression

YC Chang, MH Chan, YF Yang, CH Li, M Hsiao - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The glucose transporter family (GLUT) consists of fourteen members. It is responsible for
glucose homeostasis and glucose transport from the extracellular space to the cell …

Ovarian cancer relies on glucose transporter 1 to fuel glycolysis and growth: anti-tumor activity of BAY-876

Y Ma, W Wang, MO Idowu, U Oh, XY Wang, SM Temkin… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The recent progresses in understanding of cancer glycolytic phenotype have offered new
strategies to manage ovarian cancer and other malignancies. However, therapeutic …

Small‐molecule inhibition of glucose transporters GLUT‐1–4

ES Reckzeh, H Waldmann - Chembiochem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Glucose addiction is observed in cancer and other diseases that are associated with
hyperproliferation. The development of compounds that restrict glucose supply and …

Targeting T cell activation and lupus autoimmune phenotypes by inhibiting glucose transporters

W Li, G Qu, SC Choi, C Cornaby, A Titov… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
CD4+ T cells have numerous features of over-activated cellular metabolism in lupus patients
and mouse models of the disease. This includes a higher glycolysis than in healthy controls …

Cellular metabolism hijacked by viruses for immunoevasion: potential antiviral targets

J Li, Y Wang, H Deng, S Li, HJ Qiu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cellular metabolism plays a central role in the regulation of both innate and adaptive
immunity. Immune cells utilize metabolic pathways to modulate the cellular differentiation or …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial GLUTs and vascular biology

WZ Wu, YP Bai - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Endothelial metabolism is a promising target for vascular functional regulation and disease
therapy. Glucose is the primary fuel for endothelial metabolism, supporting ATP generation …

Contemporary perspectives on the Warburg effect inhibition in cancer therapy

K Kozal, P Jóźwiak, A Krześlak - Cancer Control, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In the 1920s, Otto Warburg observed the phenomenon of altered glucose metabolism in
cancer cells. Although the initial hypothesis suggested that the alteration resulted from …