Metformin induces CD11b+-cell-mediated growth inhibition of an osteosarcoma: implications for metabolic reprogramming of myeloid cells and anti-tumor effects

T Uehara, S Eikawa, M Nishida… - International …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
CD11b+ myeloid subpopulations, including myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and
tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), play crucial roles in the suppression of T-cell …

Immune-mediated anti-tumor effects of metformin; targeting metabolic reprogramming of T cells as a new possible mechanism for anti-cancer effects of metformin

S Bahrambeigi, V Shafiei-Irannejad - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy-based cancer treatment has revolutionized the era of cancer patients
recuperation and it has brought a strong hope to treatment of some types of cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin inhibits the function of granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells in tumor-bearing mice

P Xu, K Yin, X Tang, J Tian, Y Zhang, J Ma, H Xu… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Metformin, an oral medicine broadly used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, has been
found to significantly improve tumor incidence and survival in large-scale clinical analysis. In …

CD163+ M2-type tumor-associated macrophage support the suppression of tumor-infiltrating T cells in osteosarcoma

Q Han, H Shi, F Liu - International immunopharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma is one of the most common childhood cancers with high numbers of cancer-
related deaths. Progress in conventional therapies is showing limited improvement. An …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin generates profound alterations in systemic and tumor immunity with associated antitumor effects

R Veeramachaneni, W Yu, JM Newton… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Metformin is a commonly used antidiabetic medication which has demonstrated
promise as an anticancer agent alone and in combination with conventional treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin improves cancer immunotherapy by directly rescuing tumor-infiltrating CD8 T lymphocytes from hypoxia-induced immunosuppression

V Finisguerra, T Dvorakova, M Formenti… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Despite their revolutionary success in cancer treatment over the last decades,
immunotherapies encounter limitations in certain tumor types and patients. The efficacy of …

The promising therapeutic effects of metformin on metabolic reprogramming of cancer-associated fibroblasts in solid tumors

S Mostafavi, H Zalpoor, ZM Hassan - Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2022 - Springer
Tumor-infiltrated lymphocytes are exposed to many toxic metabolites and molecules in the
tumor microenvironment (TME) that suppress their anti-tumor activity. Toxic metabolites …

Metformin inhibits the proliferation, metastasis, and cancer stem-like sphere formation in osteosarcoma MG63 cells in vitro

X Chen, C Hu, W Zhang, Y Shen, J Wang, F Hu, P Yu - Tumor Biology, 2015 - Springer
Metformin is an oral drug that has been widely used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Interestingly, accumulated evidence indicate that metformin may reduce the risk of cancer in …

Metformin enhances the antitumor activity of CD8+ T lymphocytes via the AMPK–miR-107–Eomes–PD-1 pathway

Z Zhang, F Li, Y Tian, L Cao, Q Gao… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Metformin has been studied for its anticancer effects by regulating T cell functions. However,
the mechanisms through which metformin stimulates the differentiation of memory T cells …

Immune-mediated antitumor effect by type 2 diabetes drug, metformin

S Eikawa, M Nishida, S Mizukami… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Metformin, a prescribed drug for type 2 diabetes, has been reported to have anti-cancer
effects; however, the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Here we show that this …