An overview of active and passive targeting strategies to improve the nanocarriers efficiency to tumour sites

MF Attia, N Anton, J Wallyn, Z Omran… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This review highlights both the physicochemical characteristics of the
nanocarriers (NCs) and the physiological features of tumour microenvironment (TME) to …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting glutamine metabolism for cancer treatment

YK Choi, KG Park - Biomolecules & therapeutics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rapidly proliferating cancer cells require energy and cellular building blocks for their growth
and ability to maintain redox balance. Many studies have focused on understanding how …

[HTML][HTML] Lactate modulates cellular metabolism through histone lactylation-mediated gene expression in non-small cell lung cancer

J Jiang, DL Huang, Y Jiang, J Hou, MY Tian… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lactate has been observed to fuel TCA cycle and is associated with cancer progression in
human lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, but the effect of lactate …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting metabolism in cancer cells and the tumour microenvironment for cancer therapy

J Li, JQ Eu, LR Kong, L Wang, YC Lim, BC Goh… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Targeting altered tumour metabolism is an emerging therapeutic strategy for cancer
treatment. The metabolic reprogramming that accompanies the development of malignancy …

Review of aerobic glycolysis and its key enzymes–new targets for lung cancer therapy

X Li, J Gu, Q Zhou - Thoracic cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Most tumor cells show different metabolic pathways than normal cells. Even under the
conditions of sufficient oxygen, they produce energy by a high rate of glycolysis followed by …

Metabolic crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment regulates antitumor immunosuppression and immunotherapy resisitance

F Wei, D Wang, J Wei, N Tang, L Tang, F Xiong… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The successful treatment of human cancers by immunotherapy has been made possible by
breakthroughs in the discovery of immune checkpoint regulators, including CTLA-4 and PD …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting glutamine induces apoptosis: a cancer therapy approach

L Chen, H Cui - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Glutamine metabolism has been proved to be dysregulated in many cancer cells, and is
essential for proliferation of most cancer cells, which makes glutamine an appealing target …

[HTML][HTML] The oncogenic transcription factor c-Jun regulates glutaminase expression and sensitizes cells to glutaminase-targeted therapy

MJ Lukey, KS Greene, JW Erickson, KF Wilson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Many transformed cells exhibit altered glucose metabolism and increased utilization of
glutamine for anabolic and bioenergetic processes. These metabolic adaptations, which …

[HTML][HTML] Glutamine addiction and therapeutic strategies in lung cancer

K Vanhove, E Derveaux, GJ Graulus… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer cells are well-documented to rewire their metabolism and energy production
networks to support rapid survival and proliferation. This metabolic reorganization has been …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of glutaminolysis in combination with other therapies to improve cancer treatment

YA Shen, CL Chen, YH Huang, EE Evans… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Targeting glutamine catabolism has been attracting more research attention on the
development of successful cancer therapy. Catalytic enzymes such as glutaminase (GLS) in …