Hypoxic microenvironment in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

Z Chen, F Han, Y Du, H Shi, W Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Having a hypoxic microenvironment is a common and salient feature of most solid tumors.
Hypoxia has a profound effect on the biological behavior and malignant phenotype of …

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 …

A variant of SLC1A5 is a mitochondrial glutamine transporter for metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells

HC Yoo, SJ Park, M Nam, J Kang, K Kim, JH Yeo… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Glutamine is an essential nutrient that regulates energy production, redox homeostasis, and
signaling in cancer cells. Despite the importance of glutamine in mitochondrial metabolism …

MUC1 and HIF-1alpha signaling crosstalk induces anabolic glucose metabolism to impart gemcitabine resistance to pancreatic cancer

SK Shukla, V Purohit, K Mehla, V Gunda, NV Chaika… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
Poor response to cancer therapy due to resistance remains a clinical challenge. The present
study establishes a widely prevalent mechanism of resistance to gemcitabine in pancreatic …

Hypoxic exosomal HIF-1α-stabilizing circZNF91 promotes chemoresistance of normoxic pancreatic cancer cells via enhancing glycolysis

Z Zeng, Y Zhao, QY Chen, S Zhu, Y Niu, Z Ye, P Hu… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Research has indicated that hypoxia profoundly contributes to chemoresistance of
pancreatic cancer (PC), while the precise mechanism has not been fully elucidated. In this …

Hypoxia as a barrier to immunotherapy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

SK Daniel, KM Sullivan, KP Labadie… - Clinical and translational …, 2019 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal disease with limited response to
cytotoxic chemoradiotherapy, as well as newer immunotherapies. The PDA tumor …

Chemoresistance and the self-maintaining tumor microenvironment

G Yeldag, A Rice, A del Río Hernández - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The progression of cancer is associated with alterations in the tumor microenvironment,
including changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) composition, matrix rigidity …

Nanopreparations to overcome multidrug resistance in cancer

NR Patel, BS Pattni, AH Abouzeid… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance is the most widely exploited phenomenon by which cancer eludes
chemotherapy. Broad variety of factors, ranging from the cellular ones, such as over …

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1: a novel therapeutic target for the management of cancer, drug resistance, and cancer-related pain

BP Bui, PL Nguyen, K Lee, J Cho - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Accumulating evidence indicates that hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)
plays a pivotal role in tumor biology, particularly in hypoxic environments. Over the past few …

IDH2 stabilizes HIF‐1α‐induced metabolic reprogramming and promotes chemoresistance in urothelial cancer

K Shigeta, M Hasegawa, T Hishiki, Y Naito… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Drug resistance contributes to poor therapeutic response in urothelial carcinoma (UC).
Metabolomic analysis suggested metabolic reprogramming in gemcitabine‐resistant …