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 …

Fueling the fire: emerging role of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway in cancer

NM Akella, L Ciraku, MJ Reginato - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Altered metabolism and deregulated cellular energetics are now considered a hallmark of
all cancers. Glucose, glutamine, fatty acids, and amino acids are the primary drivers of tumor …

Metabolomics toward personalized medicine

M Jacob, AL Lopata, M Dasouki… - Mass spectrometry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolomics, which is the metabolites profiling in biological matrices, is a key tool for
biomarker discovery and personalized medicine and has great potential to elucidate the …

Analytical and biochemical perspectives of protein O-GlcNAcylation

J Ma, C Wu, GW Hart - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification (O-GlcNAcylation) is a
unique monosaccharide modification discovered in the early 1980s. With the technological …

The galectin lattice at a glance

IR Nabi, J Shankar, JW Dennis - Journal of cell science, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Galectins are a family of widely expressed β-galactoside-binding lectins in metazoans. The
15 mammalian galectins have either one or two conserved carbohydrate recognition …

O-GlcNAcylation and O-GlcNAc cycling regulate gene transcription: emerging roles in cancer

MP Parker, KR Peterson, C Slawson - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a post-translational
modification (PTM) linking nutrient flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) …

The nutrient-sensing hexosamine biosynthetic pathway as the hub of cancer metabolic rewiring

F Chiaradonna, F Ricciardiello, R Palorini - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Alterations in glucose and glutamine utilizing pathways and in fatty acid metabolism are
currently considered the most significant and prevalent metabolic changes observed in …

Glycans as key checkpoints of T cell activity and function

MS Pereira, I Alves, M Vicente, A Campar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The immune system is highly controlled and fine-tuned by glycosylation, through the
addition of a diversity of carbohydrates structures (glycans) to virtually all immune cell …

Physical biology of the cancer cell glycocalyx

JCH Kuo, JG Gandhi, RN Zia, MJ Paszek - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
The glycocalyx coating the outside of most cells is a polymer meshwork comprising proteins
and complex sugar chains called glycans. From a physical perspective, the glycocalyx has …

Systematic mapping of genetic interactions for de novo fatty acid synthesis identifies C12orf49 as a regulator of lipid metabolism

M Aregger, KA Lawson, M Billmann, M Costanzo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The de novo synthesis of fatty acids has emerged as a therapeutic target for various
diseases, including cancer. Because cancer cells are intrinsically buffered to combat …