The significance of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer

Y Luo, J Ma, W Lu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
As an essential organelle in nucleated eukaryotic cells, mitochondria play a central role in
energy metabolism, maintenance of redox balance, and regulation of apoptosis …

Fumarate hydratase (FH) and cancer: a paradigm of oncometabolism

L Valcarcel-Jimenez, C Frezza - British Journal of Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Fumarate hydratase (FH) is an enzyme of the Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) cycle whose
mutations lead to hereditary and sporadic forms of cancer. Although more than twenty years …

Fumarate is an epigenetic modifier that elicits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

M Sciacovelli, E Gonçalves, TI Johnson, VR Zecchini… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Mutations of the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme fumarate hydratase cause hereditary
leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer. Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cancers are …

Metabolic reprogramming and epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition in cancer

M Sciacovelli, C Frezza - The FEBS journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Several lines of evidence indicate that during transformation epithelial cancer cells can
acquire mesenchymal features via a process called epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition …

LIN28B induces neuroblastoma and enhances MYCN levels via let-7 suppression

JJ Molenaar, R Domingo-Fernández, ME Ebus… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
LIN28B regulates developmental processes by modulating microRNAs (miRNAs) of the let-7
family. A role for LIN28B in cancer has been proposed but has not been established in vivo …

Defects in mitochondrial metabolism and cancer

E Gaude, C Frezza - Cancer & metabolism, 2014 - Springer
Cancer is a heterogeneous set of diseases characterized by different molecular and cellular
features. Over the past decades, researchers have attempted to grasp the complexity of …

[HTML][HTML] Oncometabolites: Unconventional triggers of oncogenic signalling cascades

M Sciacovelli, C Frezza - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease thought to be caused by multiple genetic
lesions. The recent finding that enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle are mutated in …

Fumarate hydratase in cancer: A multifaceted tumour suppressor

C Schmidt, M Sciacovelli, C Frezza - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is now considered a multifactorial disorder with different aetiologies and outcomes.
Yet, all cancers share some common molecular features. Among these, the reprogramming …

Genetic alterations in Krebs cycle and its impact on cancer pathogenesis

K Sajnani, F Islam, RA Smith, V Gopalan, AKY Lam - Biochimie, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer cells exhibit alterations in many cellular processes, including oxygen sensing and
energy metabolism. Glycolysis in non-oxygen condition is the main energy production …

Connections between metabolism and epigenetics: mechanisms and novel anti-cancer strategy

C Chen, Z Wang, Y Qin - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer cells undergo metabolic adaptations to sustain their growth and proliferation under
several stress conditions thereby displaying metabolic plasticity. Epigenetic modification is …