Mitochondria in health, disease, and aging

JS Harrington, SW Ryter, M Plataki… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Mitochondria are well known as organelles responsible for the maintenance of cellular
bioenergetics through the production of ATP. Although oxidative phosphorylation may be …

Tumor abnormality-oriented nanomedicine design

Q Zhou, J Xiang, N Qiu, Y Wang, Y Piao, S Shao… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anticancer nanomedicines have been proven effective in mitigating the side effects of
chemotherapeutic drugs. However, challenges remain in augmenting their therapeutic …

Programmed cell death tunes tumor immunity

J Liu, M Hong, Y Li, D Chen, Y Wu, Y Hu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The demise of cells in various ways enables the body to clear unwanted cells. Studies over
the years revealed distinctive molecular mechanisms and functional consequences of …

Extracellular ATP and P2 purinergic signalling in the tumour microenvironment

F Di Virgilio, AC Sarti, S Falzoni, E De Marchi… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Modulation of the biochemical composition of the tumour microenvironment is a new frontier
of cancer therapy. Several immunosuppressive mechanisms operate in the milieu of most …

The cancer metabolic reprogramming and immune response

L Xia, L Oyang, J Lin, S Tan, Y Han, N Wu, P Yi, L Tang… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
The overlapping metabolic reprogramming of cancer and immune cells is a putative
determinant of the antitumor immune response in cancer. Increased evidence suggests that …

Biomarker displacement activation: a general host–guest strategy for targeted phototheranostics in vivo

J Gao, J Li, WC Geng, FY Chen, X Duan… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Activatable phototheranostics is highly appealing to meet the demand of precision medicine.
However, although it displays efficacy in the construction of activatable photosensitizers …

Purinergic signalling and immune cells

G Burnstock, JM Boeynaems - Purinergic signalling, 2014 - Springer
This review article provides a historical perspective on the role of purinergic signalling in the
regulation of various subsets of immune cells from early discoveries to current …

Targeting purinergic pathway to enhance radiotherapy-induced immunogenic cancer cell death

X Bao, L Xie - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2022 - Springer
Emerging evidence has demonstrated that radiotherapy (RT) can not only cause direct
damage to cancer cells but also lead to immunogenic cell death (ICD), which involves the …

Extracellular ATP and adenosine: the Yin and Yang in immune responses?

MM Faas, T Sáez, P De Vos - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Extracellular adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine molecules are
intimately involved in immune responses. ATP is mostly a pro-inflammatory molecule and is …

The Warburg effect: evolving interpretations of an established concept

X Chen, Y Qian, S Wu - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Metabolic reprogramming and altered bioenergetics have emerged as hallmarks of cancer
and an area of active basic and translational cancer research. Drastically upregulated …