[HTML][HTML] Targeting T cell metabolism for improvement of cancer immunotherapy

T Le Bourgeois, L Strauss, HI Aksoylar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
There has been significant progress in utilizing our immune system against cancer, mainly
by checkpoint blockade and T cell-mediated therapies. The field of cancer immunotherapy is …

Metabolic reprogramming of cancer associated fibroblasts: the slavery of stromal fibroblasts

A Avagliano, G Granato, MR Ruocco… - BioMed Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the main stromal cell type of solid tumour
microenvironment and undergo an activation process associated with secretion of growth …

[HTML][HTML] Fructose 2, 6-bisphosphate in cancer cell metabolism

R Bartrons, H Simon-Molas, A Rodríguez-García… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
For a long time, pioneers in the field of cancer cell metabolism, such as Otto Warburg, have
focused on the idea that tumor cells maintain high glycolytic rates even with adequate …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cancer stem cells and their niche: perspectives for future therapeutic targets and strategies

Y Zhao, Q Dong, J Li, K Zhang, J Qin, J Zhao… - Seminars in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
A small subpopulation of cells within the bulk of tumors share features with somatic stem
cells, in that, they are capable of self-renewal, they differentiate, and are highly resistant to …

Energy balance and gastrointestinal cancer: risk, interventions, outcomes and mechanisms

CM Ulrich, C Himbert, AN Holowatyj… - Nature reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Obesity increases the risk of multiple gastrointestinal cancers and worsens disease
outcomes. Conversely, strong inverse associations have emerged between physical activity …

Autophagy in cancer: a complex relationship

L Wilde, K Tanson, J Curry… - Biochemical …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Macroautophagy is the process by which cells package and degrade cytosolic components,
and recycle the breakdown products for future use. Since its initial description by Christian …

A mitochondrial based oncology platform for targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs): MITO-ONC-RX

F Sotgia, B Ozsvari, M Fiorillo, EM De Francesco… - Cell Cycle, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Here, we wish to propose a new systematic approach to cancer therapy, based on the
targeting of mitochondrial metabolism, especially in cancer stem cells (CSCs). In the future …

Monocarboxylate transporters in breast cancer and adipose tissue are novel biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets

Z Li, Q Wu, S Sun, J Wu, J Li, Y Zhang, C Wang… - Biochemical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) are transmembrane proteins that control the lactate
metabolism and associated with poor prognosis in solid tumours including breast cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) knockout mice have attenuated 4NQO induced carcinogenesis; a role for MCT4 in driving oral squamous cell cancer

S Bisetto, D Whitaker-Menezes, NA Wilski… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the 6th most common human cancer
and affects approximately 50,000 new patients every year in the US. The major risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer; an induced disease of twentieth century! Induction of tolerance, increased entropy and 'Dark Energy': loss of biorhythms (Anabolism v. Catabolism)

M Khatami - Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Maintenance of health involves a synchronized network of catabolic and anabolic signals
among organs/tissues/cells that requires differential bioenergetics from mitochondria and …