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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Targeting Metabolic Pathways of Myeloid Cells Improves Cancer Immunotherapy.

Jianying Li, Chelsea Bolyard, Gang Xin, Zihai Li

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Myeloid metabolism and its role in immunotherapy of cancer.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025
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  6. Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2025
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  7. Tumor secretome shapes the immune landscape during cancer progression.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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  10. Fuel for thought: targeting metabolism in lung cancer.Translational lung cancer research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jianying LiPelotonia Institute of Immuno-Oncology, the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, United States.
Chelsea BolyardPelotonia Institute of Immuno-Oncology, the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, United States.
Gang XinPelotonia Institute of Immuno-Oncology, the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, United States.
Zihai LiPelotonia Institute of Immuno-Oncology, the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, United States.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells are a prominent pro-tumorigenic immune cell population that limit host anti-tumor immunity and present a significant obstacle for many cancer immunotherapies. Targeting the mechanisms regulating myeloid cell function within the tumor microenvironment may overcome immunotherapy resistance in some cancers. Recent discoveries in the emerging field of immunometabolism reveal that the metabolic profiles of intratumoral myeloid cells are rewired to adapt to the nutrition-limited tumor microenvironment, and this shapes their pro-tumor phenotypes. Interestingly, metabolic modulation can shift these myeloid cells toward the immune-stimulating anti-tumor phenotype. In this review, we will highlight the roles of specific metabolic pathways in the activation and function of myeloid cells, and discuss the therapeutic value of metabolically reprogramming myeloid cells to augment and improve outcomes with cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

immunometabolismimmunotherapymyeloid cellsmyeloid-derived suppressor cellstumor-associated dendritic cellstumor-associated macrophagestumor-associated neutrophilstumor-infiltrating myeloid cells

Identifiers

PMID34988072
PMCPMC8721007
OpenAlexW4200101394

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