Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

Targeting mitochondrial metabolism for precision medicine in cancer

L Sainero-Alcolado, J Liaño-Pons… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
During decades, the research field of cancer metabolism was based on the Warburg effect,
described almost one century ago. Lately, the key role of mitochondria in cancer …

Histopathologic and proteogenomic heterogeneity reveals features of clear cell renal cell carcinoma aggressiveness

Y Li, TSM Lih, SM Dhanasekaran, R Mannan, L Chen… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs) represent∼ 75% of RCC cases and account for
most RCC-associated deaths. Inter-and intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) results in varying …

Targeting hypoxic tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

J Tao, G Yang, W Zhou, J Qiu, G Chen, W Luo… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Attributable to its late diagnosis, early metastasis, and poor prognosis, pancreatic cancer
remains one of the most lethal diseases worldwide. Unlike other solid tumors, pancreatic …

Metabolism of amino acids in cancer

Z Wei, X Liu, C Cheng, W Yu, P Yi - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic reprogramming has been widely recognized as a hallmark of malignancy. The
uptake and metabolism of amino acids are aberrantly upregulated in many cancers that …

Chitosan nanoparticles as a promising tool in nanomedicine with particular emphasis on oncological treatment

J Sharifi-Rad, C Quispe, M Butnariu, LS Rotariu… - Cancer cell …, 2021 - Springer
The study describes the current state of knowledge on nanotechnology and its utilization in
medicine. The focus in this manuscript was on the properties, usage safety, and potentially …

Mitochondrial copper depletion suppresses triple-negative breast cancer in mice

L Cui, AM Gouw, EL LaGory, S Guo, N Attarwala… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Depletion of mitochondrial copper, which shifts metabolism from respiration to glycolysis and
reduces energy production, is known to be effective against cancer types that depend on …

Amino acid depletion therapies: starving cancer cells to death

M Butler, LT van der Meer, FN van Leeuwen - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Targeting tumor cell metabolism is an attractive form of therapy, as it may enhance treatment
response in therapy resistant cancers as well as mitigate treatment-related toxicities by …

Tumor microenvironment targeted nanotherapeutics for cancer therapy and diagnosis: A review

S Thakkar, D Sharma, K Kalia, RK Tekade - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent findings suggest that the cellular and extracellular materials surrounding the
cancerous cells from an atypical tumor microenvironment (TM) play a pivotal role in the …

Targeting glutaminolysis: new perspectives to understand cancer development and novel strategies for potential target therapies

Z Wang, F Liu, N Fan, C Zhou, D Li, T Macvicar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Metabolism rewiring is an important hallmark of cancers. Being one of the most abundant
free amino acids in the human blood, glutamine supports bioenergetics and biosynthesis …