Metabolic and epigenetic regulation of T-cell exhaustion

F Franco, A Jaccard, P Romero, YR Yu, PC Ho - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
Current immunotherapies yield remarkable clinical outcomes by boosting the power of host
immunity in cancer cell elimination and viral clearance. However, after prolonged antigen …

The functional roles of TCA cycle metabolites in cancer

J Eniafe, S Jiang - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) has been known for decades as a hub for
generating cellular energy and precursors for biosynthetic pathways. Several cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Nitric oxide orchestrates metabolic rewiring in M1 macrophages by targeting aconitase 2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase

EM Palmieri, M Gonzalez-Cotto, WA Baseler… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Profound metabolic changes are characteristic of macrophages during classical activation
and have been implicated in this phenotype. Here we demonstrate that nitric oxide (NO) …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria and cancer

S Vyas, E Zaganjor, MC Haigis - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Mitochondria are bioenergetic, biosynthetic, and signaling organelles that are integral in
stress sensing to allow for cellular adaptation to the environment. Therefore, it is not …

[PDF][PDF] The emerging hallmarks of cancer metabolism

NN Pavlova, CB Thompson - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Tumorigenesis is dependent on the reprogramming of cellular metabolism as both direct
and indirect consequence of oncogenic mutations. A common feature of cancer cell …

Comparative evaluation of itaconate and its derivatives reveals divergent inflammasome and type I interferon regulation in macrophages

A Swain, M Bambouskova, H Kim, PS Andhey… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Following activation, macrophages undergo extensive metabolic rewiring,. Production of
itaconate through the inducible enzyme IRG1 is a key hallmark of this process. Itaconate …

[HTML][HTML] Low chorionic villous succinate accumulation associates with recurrent spontaneous abortion risk

XH Wang, S Xu, XY Zhou, R Zhao, Y Lin, J Cao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dysregulated extravillous trophoblast invasion and proliferation are known to increase the
risk of recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA); however, the underlying mechanism remains …

Fumarate is an epigenetic modifier that elicits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

M Sciacovelli, E Gonçalves, TI Johnson, VR Zecchini… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Mutations of the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme fumarate hydratase cause hereditary
leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer. Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cancers are …

Metabolic adaptation in hypoxia and cancer

F Paredes, HC Williams, A San Martin - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
The ability of tumor cells to adapt to changes in oxygen tension is essential for tumor
development. Low oxygen concentration influences cellular metabolism and, thus, affects …

Metabolic signatures of cancer cells and stem cells

AM Intlekofer, LWS Finley - Nature metabolism, 2019 - nature.com
In contrast to terminally differentiated cells, cancer cells and stem cells retain the ability to re-
enter the cell cycle and proliferate. To proliferate, cells must increase their uptake and …