Targeting lactate metabolism and glycolytic pathways in the tumor microenvironment by natural products: A promising strategy in combating cancer

L Kooshki, P Mahdavi, S Fakhri, EK Akkol, H Khan - Biofactors, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anticancer drugs are not purely effective because of their toxicity, side effects, high cost,
inaccessibility, and associated resistance. On the other hand, cancer is a complex public …

The plasticity of pancreatic cancer metabolism in tumor progression and therapeutic resistance

DE Biancur, AC Kimmelman - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an aggressive cancer that is highly refractory to
the current standards of care. The difficulty in treating this disease is due to a number of …

Germline BAP1 mutations induce a Warburg effect

A Bononi, H Yang, C Giorgi, S Patergnani… - Cell Death & …, 2017 - nature.com
Carriers of heterozygous germline BAP1 mutations (BAP1+/−) develop cancer. We studied
plasma from 16 BAP1+/− individuals from 2 families carrying different germline BAP1 …

PKM2 drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inducing immunosuppressive microenvironment

TE Li, S Wang, XT Shen, Z Zhang, M Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background and Aims Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is an essential regulator of the Warburg
effect, but its biological function promoting immune escape of hepatocellular carcinoma …

Integrins and cell metabolism: an intimate relationship impacting cancer

R Ata, CN Antonescu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Integrins are important regulators of cell survival, proliferation, adhesion and migration.
Once activated, integrins establish a regulated link between the extracellular matrix and the …

Molecular mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy and antiangiogenic treatments in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

PÁ Ballesteros, J Chamorro, MS Román-Gil, J Pozas… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Renal cell carcinoma is particularly characterized by its high
vascularization and dense immune cells infiltration. The angiogenesis blockade in …

The role of tumor microenvironment on cancer stem cell fate in solid tumors

S Razi, A Haghparast, S Chodari Khameneh… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
In the last few decades, the role of cancer stem cells in initiating tumors, metastasis,
invasion, and resistance to therapies has been recognized as a potential target for tumor …

Doped graphene quantum dots for intracellular multicolor imaging and cancer detection

E Campbell, MT Hasan… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Despite significant advances of nanomedicine, the issues of biocompatibility, accumulation-
derived toxicity, and the lack of sensing and in vivo imaging capabilities hamper the …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of MCT1 and MCT4 in GBM: small molecule transporters with large implications

SJ Park, CP Smith, RR Wilbur, CP Cain… - American journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) represent a diverse group of transmembrane proteins
encoded by the SLC16 gene family found ubiquitously across mammalian species. Two …

[HTML][HTML] Lactic acid: a novel signaling molecule in early pregnancy?

LN Ma, XB Huang, KP Muyayalo, G Mor… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aerobic glycolysis is a recognized feature shared by tumors, leading to the accumulation of
lactic acid in their local microenvironments. Like the tumors, the blastocysts, placenta …