Amino acid metabolism in health and disease

ZN Ling, YF Jiang, JN Ru, JH Lu, B Ding… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein synthesis. They are structural elements and
energy sources of cells necessary for normal cell growth, differentiation and function. Amino …

Targeting glutaminolysis: new perspectives to understand cancer development and novel strategies for potential target therapies

Z Wang, F Liu, N Fan, C Zhou, D Li, T Macvicar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Metabolism rewiring is an important hallmark of cancers. Being one of the most abundant
free amino acids in the human blood, glutamine supports bioenergetics and biosynthesis …

Targeting cancer metabolic pathways for improving chemotherapy and immunotherapy

Z Luo, KM Eichinger, A Zhang, S Li - Cancer letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent discoveries in cancer metabolism have revealed promising metabolic targets to
modulate cancer progression, drug response, and anti-cancer immunity. Combination …

Metabolic reprogramming of colorectal cancer cells and the microenvironment: implication for therapy

M Nenkov, Y Ma, N Gaßler, Y Chen - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed carcinomas and one of
the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Metabolic reprogramming, a hallmark …

Neutrophil extracellular traps induced by chemotherapy inhibit tumor growth in murine models of colorectal cancer

Y Li, S Wu, Y Zhao, T Dinh, D Jiang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), a web-like structure of cytosolic and granule proteins
assembled on decondensed chromatin, kill pathogens and cause tissue damage in …

Glutamine metabolic microenvironment drives M2 macrophage polarization to mediate trastuzumab resistance in HER2‐positive gastric cancer

X Hu, Z Ma, B Xu, S Li, Z Yao, B Liang… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Trastuzumab is a first‐line targeted therapy for human epidermal growth factor
receptor‐2 (HER2)‐positive gastric cancer. However, the inevitable occurrence of acquired …

Dual inhibition of glycolysis and glutaminolysis for synergistic therapy of rheumatoid arthritis

S Ahmed, CB Mahony, A Torres, J Murillo-Saich… - Arthritis Research & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis (RAFLS) exhibit a pathological
aberration of glycolysis and glutaminolysis. Henceforth, we aimed to investigate if dual …

Metabolic reprogramming in colorectal cancer: regulatory networks and therapy

J Zhang, S Zou, L Fang - Cell & Bioscience, 2023 - Springer
With high prevalence and mortality, together with metabolic reprogramming, colorectal
cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death. Metabolic reprogramming gives tumors …

Metastasis organotropism in colorectal cancer: advancing toward innovative therapies

K He, Z Wang, M Luo, B Li, N Ding, L Li, B He… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Distant metastasis remains a leading cause of mortality among patients with colorectal
cancer (CRC). Organotropism, referring to the propensity of metastasis to target specific …

The crosstalk between signaling pathways and cancer metabolism in colorectal cancer

KW Hon, SA Zainal Abidin, I Othman… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide.
Metabolic reprogramming represents an important cancer hallmark in CRC. Reprogramming …