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ArticleCancers2021

β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate Supplementation Promotes Antitumor Immunity in an Obesity Responsive Mouse Model of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Michael F Coleman, Kristyn A Liu, Alexander J Pfeil, Suhas K Etigunta, Xiaohu Tang, Salvador Fabela, Laura M Lashinger, Zhengrong Cui, Stephen D Hursting

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael F ColemanDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6914-848X
Kristyn A LiuDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 77843, USA.
Alexander J PfeilDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Suhas K EtiguntaDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Xiaohu TangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technical University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
Salvador FabelaDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Laura M LashingerDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 77843, USA.
Zhengrong CuiCollege of Pharmacy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Stephen D HurstingDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USThe University of Texas at Austin · USMichigan Technological University · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Ian Michael Carroll · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
Higher Dietary Carbohydrates Detrimentally Impact Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer ChemoresistanceR35CA197627 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HURSTING, STEPHEN D · 2015 to 2021
$6.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197627NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and effective therapies for PDAC are currently lacking. Moreover, PDAC is promoted and exacerbated by obesity, while cachexia and sarcopenia are exceptionally common comorbidities that predict both poor survival and treatment response. Managing PDAC with immunotherapies has thus far proven ineffective, partly due to the metabolically hostile tumor microenvironment. β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB), a metabolite of leucine commonly used as a dietary supplement to boost muscle growth and immune function, may be an attractive candidate to augment PDAC therapy. We therefore sought to test the hypothesis that HMB would enhance antitumor immunity while protecting mouse muscle mass. Control and diet-induced obese C57BL/6 male mice bearing subcutaneously injected Panc02 tumors were supplemented with 1% HMB and treated with or without 50 mg/kg gemcitabine (

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immunotherapyobesitypancreatic cancerβ-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate

Identifiers

PMID34944981
PMCPMC8699071
OpenAlexW4200615505

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