The updated landscape of tumor microenvironment and drug repurposing

MZ Jin, WL Jin - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence shows that cellular and acellular components in tumor
microenvironment (TME) can reprogram tumor initiation, growth, invasion, metastasis, and …

Aspects of the tumor microenvironment involved in immune resistance and drug resistance

K Khalaf, D Hana, JTT Chou, C Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and ever-changing “rogue organ”
composed of its own blood supply, lymphatic and nervous systems, stroma, immune cells …

The acidic tumor microenvironment as a driver of cancer

E Boedtkjer, SF Pedersen - Annual review of physiology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Acidic metabolic waste products accumulate in the tumor microenvironment because of high
metabolic activity and insufficient perfusion. In tumors, the acidity of the interstitial space and …

Tumour acidosis: from the passenger to the driver's seat

C Corbet, O Feron - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The high metabolic demand of cancer cells leads to an accumulation of H+ ions in the
tumour microenvironment. The disorganized tumour vasculature prevents an efficient wash …

GLS2 is a tumor suppressor and a regulator of ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

S Suzuki, D Venkatesh, H Kanda, A Nakayama… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Abstract Glutamine synthase 2 (GLS2) is a key regulator of glutaminolysis and has been
previously implicated in activities consistent with tumor suppression. Here we generated …

Hypoxia, oxidative stress and inflammation

T McGarry, M Biniecka, DJ Veale, U Fearon - Free Radical Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Inflammatory Arthritis is characterized by synovial proliferation, neovascularization and
leukocyte extravasation leading to joint destruction and functional disability. Efficiency of …

Regulation of lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis in diverse species

M Conrad, VE Kagan, H Bayir… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Lipid peroxidation is the process by which oxygen combines with lipids to generate lipid
hydroperoxides via intermediate formation of peroxyl radicals. Vitamin E and coenzyme Q …

How protons pave the way to aggressive cancers

P Swietach, E Boedtkjer, SF Pedersen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancers undergo sequential changes to proton (H+) concentration and sensing that are
consequences of the disease and facilitate its further progression. The impact of protonation …

[HTML][HTML] Broad targeting of angiogenesis for cancer prevention and therapy

Z Wang, C Dabrosin, X Yin, MM Fuster, A Arreola… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Deregulation of angiogenesis–the growth of new blood vessels from an existing vasculature–
is a main driving force in many severe human diseases including cancer. As such, tumor …

Acidosis drives the reprogramming of fatty acid metabolism in cancer cells through changes in mitochondrial and histone acetylation

C Corbet, A Pinto, R Martherus, JPS de Jesus, F Polet… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Bioenergetic preferences of cancer cells foster tumor acidosis that in turn leads to dramatic
reduction in glycolysis and glucose-derived acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA). Here, we show …