Metastasis

S Gerstberger, Q Jiang, K Ganesh - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Most cancer-associated deaths occur due to metastasis, yet our understanding of metastasis
as an evolving, heterogeneous, systemic disease and of how to effectively treat it is still …

The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease

T TeSlaa, M Ralser, J Fan, JD Rabinowitz - Nature metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a glucose-oxidizing pathway that runs in parallel
to upper glycolysis to produce ribose 5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide …

CD8+ T cells in the cancer-immunity cycle

JR Giles, AM Globig, SM Kaech, EJ Wherry - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
CD8+ T cells are end effectors of cancer immunity. Most forms of effective cancer
immunotherapy involve CD8+ T cell effector function. Here, we review the current …

Lactate activates the mitochondrial electron transport chain independently of its metabolism

X Cai, CP Ng, O Jones, TS Fung, KW Ryu, D Li… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Lactate has long been considered a cellular waste product. However, we found that as
extracellular lactate accumulates, it also enters the mitochondrial matrix and stimulates …

Architecture of Vanadium‐Based MXene Dysregulating Tumor Redox Homeostasis for Amplified Nanozyme Catalytic/Photothermal Therapy

R Zhao, Y Zhu, L Feng, B Liu, Y Hu, H Zhu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Taking the significance of the special microenvironment for tumor cell survival into account,
disrupting tumor redox homeostasis is highly prospective for improving therapeutic efficacy …

Emerging therapies in cancer metabolism

Y Xiao, TJ Yu, Y Xu, R Ding, YP Wang, YZ Jiang… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer is not only a biological hallmark but also reveals
treatment vulnerabilities. Numerous metabolic molecules have shown promise as treatment …

The Warburg effect: a signature of mitochondrial overload

Y Wang, GJ Patti - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
A long-standing question in cancer biology has been why oxygenated tumors ferment the
majority of glucose they consume to lactate rather than oxidizing it in their mitochondria, a …

Advances in the structure, mechanism and targeting of chemoresistance-linked ABC transporters

A Sajid, H Rahman, SV Ambudkar - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells frequently display intrinsic or acquired resistance to chemically diverse
anticancer drugs, limiting therapeutic success. Among the main mechanisms of this …

Metabolic pathway analysis using stable isotopes in patients with cancer

CR Bartman, B Faubert, JD Rabinowitz… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is central to malignant transformation and cancer cell growth. How
tumours use nutrients and the relative rates of reprogrammed pathways are areas of intense …

How protons pave the way to aggressive cancers

P Swietach, E Boedtkjer, SF Pedersen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancers undergo sequential changes to proton (H+) concentration and sensing that are
consequences of the disease and facilitate its further progression. The impact of protonation …