Metabolic programming and immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment

EN Arner, JC Rathmell - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Increased glucose metabolism and uptake are characteristic of many tumors and used
clinically to diagnose and monitor cancer progression. In addition to cancer cells, the tumor …

Targeting cancer metabolism in the era of precision oncology

ZE Stine, ZT Schug, JM Salvino, CV Dang - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
One hundred years have passed since Warburg discovered alterations in cancer
metabolism, more than 70 years since Sidney Farber introduced anti-folates that …

Oxidative phosphorylation selectively orchestrates tissue macrophage homeostasis

SK Wculek, I Heras-Murillo, A Mastrangelo, D Mañanes… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
In vitro studies have associated oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) with anti-inflammatory
macrophages, whereas pro-inflammatory macrophages rely on glycolysis. However, the …

Mitochondrial metabolism as a target for cancer therapy

K Vasan, M Werner, NS Chandel - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Recent evidence in humans and mice supports the notion that mitochondrial metabolism is
active and necessary for tumor growth. Mitochondrial metabolism supports tumor anabolism …

Amino assets: how amino acids support immunity

B Kelly, EL Pearce - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Amino acids are fundamental building blocks supporting life. Their role in protein synthesis
is well defined, but they contribute to a host of other intracellular metabolic pathways …

Single-cell multi-omics of mitochondrial DNA disorders reveals dynamics of purifying selection across human immune cells

CA Lareau, SM Dubois, FA Buquicchio, YH Hsieh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogenic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) compromise cellular metabolism,
contributing to cellular heterogeneity and disease. Diverse mutations are associated with …

Cancer cells don't live alone: metabolic communication within tumor microenvironments

F Li, MC Simon - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Solid tumors reside in harsh tumor microenvironments (TMEs) together with various stromal
cell types. During tumor progression and metastasis, both tumor and stromal cells undergo …

A genetically encoded tool to increase cellular NADH/NAD+ ratio in living cells

X Pan, ML Heacock, EN Abdulaziz, S Violante… - Nature chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Impaired redox metabolism is a key contributor to the etiology of many diseases, including
primary mitochondrial disorders, cancer, neurodegeneration and aging. However …

An LKB1–mitochondria axis controls TH17 effector function

F Baixauli, K Piletic, DJ Puleston, M Villa, CS Field… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
CD4+ T cell differentiation requires metabolic reprogramming to fulfil the bioenergetic
demands of proliferation and effector function, and enforce specific transcriptional …

Metabolic requirement for GOT2 in pancreatic cancer depends on environmental context

SA Kerk, L Lin, AL Myers, DJ Sutton, A Andren… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondrial glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase 2 (GOT2) is part of the malate-aspartate
shuttle, a mechanism by which cells transfer reducing equivalents from the cytosol to the …