Intermittent fasting in the prevention and treatment of cancer

KK Clifton, CX Ma, L Fontana… - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic caloric restriction (CR) has powerful anticarcinogenic actions in both preclinical and
clinical studies but may be difficult to sustain. As an alternative to CR, there has been …

The obese adipose tissue microenvironment in cancer development and progression

DF Quail, AJ Dannenberg - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Obesity is associated with both increased cancer incidence and progression in multiple
tumour types, and is estimated to contribute to up to 20% of cancer-related deaths. These …

Fasting and cancer: molecular mechanisms and clinical application

A Nencioni, I Caffa, S Cortellino, VD Longo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The vulnerability of cancer cells to nutrient deprivation and their dependency on specific
metabolites are emerging hallmarks of cancer. Fasting or fasting-mimicking diets (FMDs) …

A causal mechanism for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

M Greaves - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
In this Review, I present evidence supporting a multifactorial causation of childhood acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), a major subtype of paediatric cancer. ALL evolves in two …

Circadian rhythms and cancers: the intrinsic links and therapeutic potentials

L Zhou, Z Zhang, E Nice, C Huang, W Zhang… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
The circadian rhythm is an evolutionarily conserved time-keeping system that comprises a
wide variety of processes including sleep–wake cycles, eating–fasting cycles, and activity …

LILRB4 signalling in leukaemia cells mediates T cell suppression and tumour infiltration

M Deng, X Gui, J Kim, L Xie, W Chen, Z Li, L He… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy has been successful in treating some types of cancer
but has not shown clinical benefits for treating leukaemia. This result suggests that …

Gut microbiome immaturity and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

I Peppas, AM Ford, CL Furness, MF Greaves - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common cancer of childhood. Here, we
map emerging evidence suggesting that children with ALL at the time of diagnosis may have …

Cyclic fasting-mimicking diet in cancer treatment: Preclinical and clinical evidence

C Vernieri, F Ligorio, D Tripathy, VD Longo - Cell metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
In preclinical tumor models, cyclic fasting and fasting-mimicking diets (FMDs) produce
antitumor effects that become synergistic when combined with a wide range of standard …

Dynamic responses of the haematopoietic stem cell niche to diverse stresses

A Batsivari, MLR Haltalli, D Passaro, C Pospori… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Adult haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) mainly reside in the bone marrow, where stromal
and haematopoietic cells regulate their function. The steady state HSC niche has been …

Immune regulatory processes of the tumor microenvironment under malignant conditions

K Pansy, B Uhl, J Krstic, M Szmyra, K Fechter… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a critical regulator of tumor growth, progression, and
metastasis. Since immune cells represent a large fraction of the TME, they play a key role in …