Metabolic adaptation of lymphocytes in immunity and disease

NM Chapman, H Chi - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Adaptive immune responses mediated by T cells and B cells are crucial for protective
immunity against pathogens and tumors. Differentiation and function of immune cells require …

Tumour immunotherapy: lessons from predator–prey theory

PT Hamilton, BR Anholt, BH Nelson - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
With the burgeoning use of immune-based treatments for cancer, never has there been a
greater need to understand the tumour microenvironment within which immune cells …

Cell-programmed nutrient partitioning in the tumour microenvironment

BI Reinfeld, MZ Madden, MM Wolf, A Chytil, JE Bader… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer cells characteristically consume glucose through Warburg metabolism, a process
that forms the basis of tumour imaging by positron emission tomography (PET). Tumour …

Complex roles of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase in cancer progression

W Wang, C Yang, T Wang, H Deng - Cell Death & Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) is an intracellular methyltransferase, catalyzing
the N-methylation of nicotinamide (NAM) to form 1-methylnicotinamide (1-MNAM), in which …

Immunometabolic coevolution defines unique microenvironmental niches in ccRCC

C Tang, AX Xie, EM Liu, F Kuo, M Kim, RG DiNatale… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Tumor cell phenotypes and anti-tumor immune responses are shaped by local metabolite
availability, but intratumoral metabolite heterogeneity (IMH) and its phenotypic …

PARP-inhibition reprograms macrophages toward an anti-tumor phenotype

L Wang, D Wang, O Sonzogni, S Ke, Q Wang… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Poly (ADP) ribosylation inhibitors (PARPis) are toxic to cancer cells with homologous
recombination (HR) deficiency but not to HR-proficient cells in the tumor microenvironment …

Methylation across the central dogma in health and diseases: new therapeutic strategies

R Liu, E Zhao, H Yu, C Yuan, MN Abbas… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The proper transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein is essential for cell-
fate control, development, and health. Methylation of DNA, RNAs, histones, and non-histone …

Nitrogen-15 dynamic nuclear polarization of nicotinamide derivatives in biocompatible solutions

JP Peters, A Brahms, V Janicaud, M Anikeeva… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (dDNP) increases the sensitivity of magnetic
resonance imaging by more than 10,000 times, enabling in vivo metabolic imaging to be …

A multimodal atlas of tumour metabolism reveals the architecture of gene–metabolite covariation

E Benedetti, EM Liu, C Tang, F Kuo, M Buyukozkan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour metabolism is controlled by coordinated changes in metabolite abundance and
gene expression, but simultaneous quantification of metabolites and transcripts in primary …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinamide N-methyl transferase (NNMT): An emerging therapeutic target

Y Gao, NI Martin, MJ van Haren - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) methylates nicotinamide (NA) to generate 1-
methyl nicotinamide. Since its discovery 70 years ago, the appreciation of the role of NNMT …