Metformin—mode of action and clinical implications for diabetes and cancer

I Pernicova, M Korbonits - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2014 - nature.com
Metformin has been the mainstay of therapy for diabetes mellitus for many years; however,
the mechanistic aspects of metformin action remained ill-defined. Recent advances revealed …

[HTML][HTML] Glioma stem cells and their roles within the hypoxic tumor microenvironment

NH Boyd, AN Tran, JD Bernstock, T Etminan… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor microenvironments are the result of cellular alterations in cancer that support
unrestricted growth and proliferation and result in further modifications in cell behavior …

Roles of PFKFB3 in cancer

L Shi, H Pan, Z Liu, J Xie, W Han - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The understanding of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2, 6-biphosphatase 3
(PFK-2/FBPase 3, PFKFB3) has advanced considerably since its initial identification in …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulated metabolism contributes to oncogenesis

MD Hirschey, RJ DeBerardinis, AME Diehl… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cancer is a disease characterized by unrestrained cellular proliferation. In order to sustain
growth, cancer cells undergo a complex metabolic rearrangement characterized by changes …

Role of PFKFB3 and PFKFB4 in cancer: genetic basis, impact on disease development/progression, and potential as therapeutic targets

K Kotowski, J Rosik, F Machaj, S Supplitt, D Wiczew… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recently, our understanding of PFK-2 isozymes, particularly with regards
to their roles in cancer, has developed significantly. This review aims to compile the most …

AMPK: a contextual oncogene or tumor suppressor?

J Liang, GB Mills - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions to monitor and maintain energy
homeostasis at the cellular and organism level. AMPK was perceived historically primarily …

Glycometabolic rearrangements--aerobic glycolysis in pancreatic cancer: causes, characteristics and clinical applications

L Cao, J Wu, X Qu, J Sheng, M Cui, S Liu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most malignant tumors worldwide, and pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma is the most common type. In pancreatic cancer, glycolysis is the primary …

AMPK and Cancer

Z Wang, N Wang, P Liu, X Xie - AMP-activated protein kinase, 2016 - Springer
This chapter focuses on the role of AMPK as a stress-response molecule with an emphasis
on its duplex implication in carcinogenesis and cancer drug resistance. AMPK is closely …

Regulation and role of CAMKK2 in prostate cancer

TL Pulliam, P Goli, D Awad, C Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In 2011, CAMKK2, the gene encoding calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase
kinase 2 (CAMKK2), was demonstrated to be a direct target of the androgen receptor and a …

Dual stimuli-responsive dynamic covalent peptide tags: toward sequence-controlled release in tumor-like microenvironments

MM Zegota, MA Müller, B Lantzberg… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Dynamic covalent chemistry (DCvC) has emerged as a versatile synthetic tool for devising
stable, stimuli-responsive linkers or conjugates. The interplay of binding affinity, association …