Understanding the" lethal" drivers of tumor-stroma co-evolution: emerging role (s) for hypoxia, oxidative stress and autophagy/mitophagy in the tumor …

MP Lisanti, UE Martinez-Outschoorn… - Cancer biology & …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
We have recently proposed a new model for understanding how tumors evolve. To achieve
successful" Tumor-Stroma Co-Evolution", cancer cells induce oxidative stress in adjacent …

Understanding the Warburg effect and the prognostic value of stromal caveolin-1 as a marker of a lethal tumor microenvironment

F Sotgia, UE Martinez-Outschoorn, S Pavlides… - Breast Cancer …, 2011 - Springer
Cancer cells show a broad spectrum of bioenergetic states, with some cells using aerobic
glycolysis while others rely on oxidative phosphorylation as their main source of energy. In …

The reverse Warburg effect: aerobic glycolysis in cancer associated fibroblasts and the tumor stroma

S Pavlides, D Whitaker-Menezes, R Castello-Cros… - Cell cycle, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Here, we propose a new model for understanding the Warburg effect in tumor metabolism.
Our hypothesis is that epithelial cancer cells induce the Warburg effect (aerobic glycolysis) …

Evidence for a stromal-epithelial “lactate shuttle” in human tumors: MCT4 is a marker of oxidative stress in cancer-associated fibroblasts

D Whitaker-Menezes, UE Martinez-Outschoorn, Z Lin… - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, we proposed a new mechanism for understanding the Warburg effect in cancer
metabolism. In this new paradigm, cancer-associated fibroblasts undergo aerobic glycolysis …

Autophagy in cancer associated fibroblasts promotes tumor cell survival: Role of hypoxia, HIF1 induction and NFκB activation in the tumor stromal microenvironment

UE Martinez-Outschoorn, C Trimmer, Z Lin… - Cell cycle, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, using a co-culture system, we demonstrated that MCF7 epithelial cancer cells
induce oxidative stress in adjacent cancer-associated fibroblasts, resulting in the …

Hyperactivation of oxidative mitochondrial metabolism in epithelial cancer cells in situ: visualizing the therapeutic effects of metformin in tumor tissue

D Whitaker-Menezes, UE Martinez-Outschoorn… - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
We have recently proposed a new mechanism for explaining energy transfer in cancer
metabolism. In this scenario, cancer cells behave as metabolic parasites, by extracting …

[HTML][HTML] Capturing changes in the brain microenvironment during initial steps of breast cancer brain metastasis

M Lorger, B Felding-Habermann - The American journal of pathology, 2010 - Elsevier
Brain metastases are difficult to treat and mostly develop late during progressive metastatic
disease. Patients at risk would benefit from the development of prevention and improved …

Cancer cells metabolically" fertilize" the tumor microenvironment with hydrogen peroxide, driving the Warburg effect: implications for PET imaging of human tumors

UE Martinez-Outschoorn, Z Lin, C Trimmer… - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Previously, we proposed that cancer cells behave as metabolic parasites, as they use
targeted oxidative stress as a “weapon” to extract recycled nutrients from adjacent stromal …

Autophagy and senescence in cancer-associated fibroblasts metabolically supports tumor growth and metastasis, via glycolysis and ketone production

C Capparelli, C Guido, D Whitaker-Menezes… - Cell cycle, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Senescent fibroblasts are known to promote tumor growth. However, the exact mechanism
remains largely unknown. An important clue comes from recent studies linking autophagy …

Hydrogen peroxide fuels aging, inflammation, cancer metabolism and metastasis: the seed and soil also needs" fertilizer"

MP Lisanti, UE Martinez-Outschoorn, Z Lin, S Pavlides… - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In 1889, Dr. Stephen Paget proposed the “seed and soil” hypothesis, which states that
cancer cells (the seeds) need the proper microenvironment (the soil) for them to grow …