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ReviewGenes & diseases2020

Metabolic reprogramming in tumors: Contributions of the tumor microenvironment.

Andrew N Lane, Richard M Higashi, Teresa W-M Fan

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Review in Genes & diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. NMR-Based Stable Isotope Tracing of Cancer Metabolism.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew N LaneCenter for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry, Markey Cancer Center, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, USA.
Richard M HigashiCenter for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry, Markey Cancer Center, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, USA.
Teresa W-M FanCenter for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry, Markey Cancer Center, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, USA.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI Bernard Mark Evers · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
University of Kentucky Center for Cancer MetabolismP20GM121327 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ANDREW N. LANE · 2017 to 2026
$25.0M
Systems Biochemistry in Lung Cancer: Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of NSCLCP01CA163223 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI FAN, TERESA WHEI-MEI, LANE, ANDREW N. · 2013 to 2017
$6.5M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA163223NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM121327
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetic alterations associated with cell transformation are in large measure expressed in the metabolic phenotype as cancer cells proliferate and change their local environment, and prepare for metastasis. Qualitatively, the fundamental biochemistry of cancer cells is generally the same as in the untransformed cells, but the cancer cells produce a local environment, the TME, that is hostile to the stromal cells, and compete for nutrients. In order to proliferate, cells need sufficient nutrients, either those that cannot be made by the cells themselves, or must be made from simpler precursors. However, in solid tumors, the nutrient supply is often limiting given the potential for rapid proliferation, and the poor quality of the vasculature. Thus, cancer cells may employ a variety of strategies to obtain nutrients for survival, growth and metastasis. Although much has been learned using established cell lines in standard culture conditions, it is becoming clear from in vivo metabolic studies that this can also be misleading, and which nutrients are used for energy production versus building blocks for synthesis of macromolecules can vary greatly from tumor to tumor, and even within the same tumor. Here we review the operation of metabolic networks, and how recent understanding of nutrient supply in the TME and utilization are being revealed using stable isotope tracers in vivo as well as in vitro.

Indexed as

2OG, 2-oxoglutarateACO1,2, aconitase 1,2Cancer metabolismCP-MAS, Cross polarization Magic Angle SpinningDMEM, Dulbeccos Modified Eagles MediumECAR, extracellular acidification rateECM, extracellular matrixEMP, Embden-Meyerhof PathwayIDH1,2, isocitrate dehydrogenase 1,2 (NADP+dependent)IF, interstitial fluidME, malic enzymeMetabolic fluxNutrient supplyRPMI, Roswell Park Memorial InstituteSIRM, Stable Isotope Resolved MetabolomicsStable isotope resolved metabolomicsTIL, tumor infiltrating lymphocyteTIM/TPI, triose phosphate isomeraseTME, Tumor Micro EnvironmentTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32215288
PMCPMC7083762
OpenAlexW2981812936

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