Physical traits of cancer

HT Nia, LL Munn, RK Jain - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Historically, cancer has been considered a disease of the cell, caused by
mutations in genes that control proliferation, differentiation, and death. In recent decades …

Metabolism of pancreatic cancer: paving the way to better anticancer strategies

C Qin, G Yang, J Yang, B Ren, H Wang, G Chen… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is currently one of the most lethal diseases. In recent years, increasing
evidence has shown that reprogrammed metabolism may play a critical role in the …

Tumor cell–derived IL1β promotes desmoplasia and immune suppression in pancreatic cancer

S Das, B Shapiro, EA Vucic, S Vogt, D Bar-Sagi - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an aggressive malignancy typified by a highly
stromal and weakly immunogenic tumor microenvironment that promotes tumor evolution …

KRAS controls pancreatic cancer cell lipid metabolism and invasive potential through the lipase HSL

CN Rozeveld, KM Johnson, L Zhang, GL Razidlo - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Oncogene-induced metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of pancreatic cancer (PDAC), yet
the metabolic drivers of metastasis are unclear. In PDAC, obesity and excess fatty acids …

FABP4 promotes invasion and metastasis of colon cancer by regulating fatty acid transport

W Tian, W Zhang, Y Zhang, T Zhu, Y Hua, H Li… - Cancer Cell …, 2020 - Springer
Background The prognosis of colon cancer is poor for metastasis, while the mechanism,
especially adipocytes related, is not yet clear. The purpose of this study is to determine the …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity diminishes response to PD-1-based immunotherapies in renal cancer

SK Boi, RM Orlandella, JT Gibson… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Obesity is a major risk factor for renal cancer, yet our understanding of its effects
on antitumor immunity and immunotherapy outcomes remains incomplete. Deciphering …

IL-1 signaling in tumor microenvironment

W Zhang, N Borcherding, R Kolb - … : The Role of Interleukins–Part A, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Interleukin 1 (IL-1) has long been known for its pleiotropic effects on inflammation
that plays a complex, and sometimes contrasting, role in different stages of cancer …

Endocrine-exocrine signaling drives obesity-associated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

KM Chung, J Singh, L Lawres, KJ Dorans, C Garcia… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Obesity is a major modifiable risk factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), yet
how and when obesity contributes to PDAC progression is not well understood. Leveraging …

The intricate relationship between diabetes, obesity and pancreatic cancer

S Paternoster, M Falasca - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading determinants of global cancer mortality, and its
incidence is predicted to increase, to become in 2030 the second most common cause of …

Lipid metabolism and cancer immunotherapy: immunosuppressive myeloid cells at the crossroad

A Bleve, B Durante, A Sica, FM Consonni - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer progression generates a chronic inflammatory state that dramatically influences
hematopoiesis, originating different subsets of immune cells that can exert pro-or anti-tumor …