Metabolic communication in the tumour–immune microenvironment

KC Kao, S Vilbois, CH Tsai, PC Ho - Nature cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
The metabolically hostile tumour microenvironment imposes barriers to tumour-infiltrating
immune cells and impedes durable clinical remission following immunotherapy. Metabolic …

Tryptophan and its metabolites in normal physiology and cancer etiology

L Perez‐Castro, R Garcia, N Venkateswaran… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Within the growing field of amino acid metabolism, tryptophan (Trp) catabolism is an area of
increasing interest. Trp is essential for protein synthesis, and its metabolism gives rise to …

Development of a human primary gut-on-a-chip to model inflammatory processes

C Beaurivage, A Kanapeckaite, C Loomans… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex multi-factorial disease for which
physiologically relevant in vitro models are lacking. Existing models are often a compromise …

Targeting gut microbiota–derived kynurenine to predict and protect the remodeling of the pressure-overloaded young heart

B Shi, X Zhang, Z Song, Z Dai, K Luo, B Chen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Pressure-overloaded left ventricular remodeling in young population is progressive and
readily degenerate into heart failure. The aims of this study were to identify a plasma …

MYC promotes tryptophan uptake and metabolism by the kynurenine pathway in colon cancer

N Venkateswaran, MC Lafita-Navarro… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Tumors display increased uptake and processing of nutrients to fulfill the demands of rapidly
proliferating cancer cells. Seminal studies have shown that the proto-oncogene MYC …

Metabolic regulation of the cancer-immunity cycle

LFS Patterson, SA Vardhana - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
The cancer-immunity cycle (CIC) comprises a series of events that are required for immune-
mediated control of tumor growth. Interruption of one or more steps of the CIC enables …

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 …

Induction of LEF1 by MYC activates the WNT pathway and maintains cell proliferation

YH Hao, MC Lafita-Navarro, L Zacharias… - Cell Communication and …, 2019 - Springer
Background While regulated WNT activity is required for normal development and stem cell
maintenance, mutations that lead to constitutive activation of the WNT pathway cause …

Ribosome biogenesis alterations in colorectal cancer

S Nait Slimane, V Marcel, T Fenouil, F Catez, JC Saurin… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many studies have focused on understanding the regulation and functions of aberrant
protein synthesis in colorectal cancer (CRC), leaving the ribosome, its main effector …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial metabolite dysbiosis and colorectal cancer

P Niekamp, CH Kim - Gut and Liver, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The global burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) is expected to continuously increase. Through
research performed in the past decades, the effects of various environmental factors on CRC …