Hypoxic microenvironment in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

Z Chen, F Han, Y Du, H Shi, W Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Having a hypoxic microenvironment is a common and salient feature of most solid tumors.
Hypoxia has a profound effect on the biological behavior and malignant phenotype of …

The impact of hypoxia on immune state in cancer

K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypoxia is a known feature of solid tumors and a critical promoter of tumor hallmarks.
Hypoxia influences tumor immunity in a way favoring immune evasion and resistance …

HIF inhibitor 32-134D eradicates murine hepatocellular carcinoma in combination with anti-PD1 therapy

S Salman, DJ Meyers, EE Wicks… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of cancer mortality worldwide and
available therapies, including immunotherapies, are ineffective for many patients. HCC is …

Glutarate regulates T cell metabolism and anti-tumour immunity

E Minogue, PP Cunha, BJ Wadsworth, GL Grice… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
T cell function and fate can be influenced by several metabolites: in some cases, acting
through enzymatic inhibition of α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases, in others, through …

Hypoxia induces HIF1α-dependent epigenetic vulnerability in triple negative breast cancer to confer immune effector dysfunction and resistance to anti-PD-1 …

S Ma, Y Zhao, WC Lee, LT Ong, PL Lee, Z Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The hypoxic tumor microenvironment has been implicated in immune escape, but the
underlying mechanism remains elusive. Using an in vitro culture system modeling human T …

Hypoxia reduction sensitizes refractory cancers to immunotherapy

P Jayaprakash, PDA Vignali… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
In order to fuel their relentless expansion, cancers must expand their vasculature to augment
delivery of oxygen and essential nutrients. The disordered web of irregular vessels that …

Engineering next-generation CAR-T cells: overcoming tumor hypoxia and metabolism

TA Gao, YY Chen - Annual review of chemical and biomolecular …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have shown remarkable
success in treating B-cell malignancies, reflected by multiple US Food and Drug …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell exclusion and dysfunction in cancer resistance to anti-PD-(L) 1

K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
CD8+ T cells are the front-line defensive cells against cancer. Reduced infiltration and
effector function of CD8+ T cells occurs in cancer and is contributed to defective immunity …

HIF-1 stabilization in T cells hampers the control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

R Liu, V Muliadi, W Mou, H Li, J Yuan… - nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) regulate the main transcriptional pathway of response
to hypoxia in T cells and are negatively regulated by von Hippel-Lindau factor (VHL). But the …

The asparagine hydroxylase FIH: a unique oxygen sensor

YL Volkova, C Pickel, AE Jucht, RH Wenger… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Limited oxygen availability (hypoxia) commonly occurs in a range of
physiological and pathophysiological conditions, including embryonic development …