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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2021

The Importance of Cellular Metabolic Pathways in Pathogenesis and Selective Treatments of Hematological Malignancies.

Mojdeh Soltani, Yue Zhao, Zhijia Xia, Mazdak Ganjalikhani Hakemi, Alexandr V Bazhin

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mojdeh SoltaniDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Yue ZhaoDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Zhijia XiaDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Mazdak Ganjalikhani HakemiDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Alexandr V BazhinDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEDeutschen Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite recent advancements in the treatment of hematologic malignancies and the emergence of newer and more sophisticated therapeutic approaches such as immunotherapy, long-term overall survival remains unsatisfactory. Metabolic alteration, as an important hallmark of cancer cells, not only contributes to the malignant transformation of cells, but also promotes tumor progression and metastasis. As an immune-escape mechanism, the metabolic adaptation of the bone marrow microenvironment and leukemic cells is a major player in the suppression of anti-leukemia immune responses. Therefore, metabolic rewiring in leukemia would provide promising opportunities for newer therapeutic interventions. Several therapeutic agents which affect essential bioenergetic pathways in cancer cells including glycolysis, β-oxidation of fatty acids and Krebs cycle, or anabolic pathways such as lipid biosynthesis and pentose phosphate pathway, are being tested in various types of cancers. So far, numerous preclinical or clinical trial studies using such metabolic agents alone or in combination with other remedies such as immunotherapy are in progress and have demonstrated promising outcomes. In this review, we aim to argue the importance of metabolic alterations and bioenergetic pathways in different types of leukemia and their vital roles in disease development. Designing treatments based on targeting leukemic cells vulnerabilities, particularly in nonresponsive leukemia patients, should be warranted.

Indexed as

acute lymphocytic leukemiaacute myeloid leukemiacellular metabolismchronic lymphocytic leukemiachronic myeloid leukemiaimmunometabolism

Identifiers

PMID34868994
PMCPMC8636012
OpenAlexW3213851383

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