ReviewMolecular cell2020
Targeting Metabolism to Improve the Tumor Microenvironment for Cancer Immunotherapy.
Review in Molecular cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 657 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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657 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,026 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters for early prediction of pathological response in NSCLC treated with neoadjuvant immuno(chemo)therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026Pooled it
- Hydrated proton complexes supplementation for tumor microenvironment reprogramming: a bioenergetic strategy targeting the Warburg effect and mitochondrial dysfunction.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Immune biomarkers of response and resistance to ipilimumab and nivolumab in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.Science advances · 2026Trial
- Results of the Phase I/II Study and Preliminary B-cell Gene Signature of Combined Inhibition of Glutamine Metabolism and EGFR in Colorectal Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025Trial
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- Spatiotemporal dynamics of the host-tumor metabolic interface: Implications for precision nutritional oncology.Genes & diseases · 2026Review
- Targeting myeloid cell plasticity and metabolic reprogramming to alleviate T cell dysfunction and exhaustion-associated states and enhance immune checkpoint blockade therapy.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications of mitoxyperilysis: a spatially gated mitochondria-dependent lytic cell death.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Review
- Highly multiplexed mammalian metabolic engineering with a shotgun approach.Nature biotechnology · 2026Article
- Research progress on lactate metabolism in lung cancer: Tumorigenesis, drug resistance and clinical translation (Review).Oncology reports · 2026Review
- Targeting the tumor microenvironment: a new strategy for natural products in breast cancer therapy.Natural products and bioprospecting · 2026Review
- CD73 disruption with tumor-specific CRISPR/Cas9 nanoparticles reduces adenosine-mediated immunosuppression and amplifies response to chemotherapy.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Nanozyme-Mediated Cellular and Microenvironmental Metabolic Reprogramming for Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- PET/CT imaging for assessment of tumor immunotherapy response: a new perspective on tumor metabolic reprogramming and immune escape.La Radiologia medica · 2026Review
- Pyroptosis-Amplified Decoy Nanovesicles Orchestrate Pyroptotic Antigen Explosion and Endogenous Immune Revitalization for Potentiating Tumour Immunotherapy.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2026Article
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- GSTM4 Suppresses Prostate Cancer Progression by Targeting TRIM27-mediated ACLY Ubiquitination and Lipid Metabolism.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Natural-Inspired Engineered Microalgae With Selenium Enrichment Enabled Potent Anti-Tumor Immunity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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- Spatially organized regulated cell death-immune coupling in solid tumors: integrating spatial omics with actionable regulated cell death biology.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
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Abstract
The growing field of immune metabolism has revealed promising indications for metabolic targets to modulate anti-cancer immunity. Combination therapies involving metabolic inhibitors with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), chemotherapy, radiation, and/or diet now offer new approaches for cancer therapy. However, it remains uncertain how to best utilize these strategies in the context of the complex tumor microenvironment (TME). Oncogene-driven changes in tumor cell metabolism can impact the TME to limit immune responses and present barriers to cancer therapy. These changes also reveal opportunities to reshape the TME by targeting metabolic pathways to favor immunity. Here we explore current strategies that shift immune cell metabolism to pro-inflammatory states in the TME and highlight a need to better replicate physiologic conditions to select targets, clarify mechanisms, and optimize metabolic inhibitors. Unifying our understanding of these pathways and interactions within the heterogenous TME will be instrumental to advance this promising field and enhance immunotherapy.
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