Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) in cancer and cancer therapeutics

S Zhu, Y Guo, X Zhang, H Liu, M Yin, X Chen, C Peng - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a key rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, is a critical
regulator in tumor metabolism. PKM2 has been demonstrated to overexpressed in various …

[HTML][HTML] Broad targeting of angiogenesis for cancer prevention and therapy

Z Wang, C Dabrosin, X Yin, MM Fuster, A Arreola… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Deregulation of angiogenesis–the growth of new blood vessels from an existing vasculature–
is a main driving force in many severe human diseases including cancer. As such, tumor …

Microglial hexokinase 2 deficiency increases ATP generation through lipid metabolism leading to β-amyloid clearance

L Leng, Z Yuan, R Pan, X Su, H Wang, J Xue… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglial cells consume adenosine triphosphate (ATP) during phagocytosis to clear
neurotoxic β-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the contribution of energy …

Metabolic reprogramming during neuronal differentiation from aerobic glycolysis to neuronal oxidative phosphorylation

X Zheng, L Boyer, M Jin, J Mertens, Y Kim, L Ma, L Ma… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
How metabolism is reprogrammed during neuronal differentiation is unknown. We found that
the loss of hexokinase (HK2) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDHA) expression, together with …

Stem cell metabolism in tissue development and aging

N Shyh-Chang, GQ Daley, LC Cantley - Development, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Recent advances in metabolomics and computational analysis have deepened our
appreciation for the role of specific metabolic pathways in dictating cell fate. Once thought to …

Dengue virus induces and requires glycolysis for optimal replication

KA Fontaine, EL Sanchez, R Camarda… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses rely on host cellular metabolism to provide the energy and biosynthetic building
blocks required for their replication. Dengue virus (DENV), a member of the Flaviviridae …

AMPK is essential to balance glycolysis and mitochondrial metabolism to control T-ALL cell stress and survival

RJ Kishton, CE Barnes, AG Nichols, S Cohen… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy associated with
Notch pathway mutations. While both normal activated and leukemic T cells can utilize …

Lnc RNA wires up Hippo and Hedgehog signaling to reprogramme glucose metabolism

X Zheng, H Han, GP Liu, YX Ma, RL Pan… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
The Hippo pathway plays essential roles in organ size control and cancer prevention via
restricting its downstream effector, Yes‐associated protein (YAP). Previous studies have …

NF-κB-inducing kinase maintains T cell metabolic fitness in antitumor immunity

M Gu, X Zhou, JH Sohn, L Zhu, Z Jie, JY Yang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metabolic reprograming toward aerobic glycolysis is a pivotal mechanism shaping immune
responses. Here we show that deficiency in NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) impairs glycolysis …

Hexokinase 2 promotes tumor growth and metastasis by regulating lactate production in pancreatic cancer

M Anderson, R Marayati, R Moffitt, JJ Yeh - Oncotarget, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a KRAS-driven cancer with a high incidence
of metastasis and an overall poor prognosis. Previous work in a genetically engineered …