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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer Cells: Emerging Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Approaches.

Carla Navarro, Ángel Ortega, Raquel Santeliz, Bermary Garrido, Maricarmen Chacín, Néstor Galban, Ivana Vera, Juan Bautista De Sanctis, Valmore Bermúdez

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
88citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Carla NavarroEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0002-1321-9568
Ángel OrtegaEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0002-7180-4765
Raquel SantelizEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0003-0761-5879
Bermary GarridoEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0002-5522-7697
Maricarmen ChacínUniversidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia.
Néstor GalbanEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0003-0765-2290
Ivana VeraEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela.
Juan Bautista De SanctisInstitute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-5480-4608
Valmore BermúdezUniversidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-1880-8887
Universidad del Zulia · VEUniversidad Simón Bolívar · COInstitute of Molecular and Translational Medicine · CZ

Funding

Consejo de Desarrollo Científico, Humanístico y Tecnológico (CONDES), University of Zulia CC-0437-10-21-09-10Fundacite-Zulia FZ-0058-2007The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Czech Republic: Molecular and Cellular Clinical Approach to Healthy Ageing, ENOCH CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000868, IMTM #869/V19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The constant changes in cancer cell bioenergetics are widely known as metabolic reprogramming. Reprogramming is a process mediated by multiple factors, including oncogenes, growth factors, hypoxia-induced factors, and the loss of suppressor gene function, which support malignant transformation and tumor development in addition to cell heterogeneity. Consequently, this hallmark promotes resistance to conventional anti-tumor therapies by adapting to the drastic changes in the nutrient microenvironment that these therapies entail. Therefore, it represents a revolutionary landscape during cancer progression that could be useful for developing new and improved therapeutic strategies targeting alterations in cancer cell metabolism, such as the deregulated mTOR and PI3K pathways. Understanding the complex interactions of the underlying mechanisms of metabolic reprogramming during cancer initiation and progression is an active study field. Recently, novel approaches are being used to effectively battle and eliminate malignant cells. These include biguanides, mTOR inhibitors, glutaminase inhibition, and ion channels as drug targets. This review aims to provide a general overview of metabolic reprogramming, summarise recent progress in this field, and emphasize its use as an effective therapeutic target against cancer.

Indexed as

carbohydratesenergy metabolismimmunotherapyinflammationmetabolic reprogrammingneoplasmstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID35745875
PMCPMC9227908
OpenAlexW4283167291

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