ReviewTrends in immunology2022
Lactic acid and lactate: revisiting the physiological roles in the tumor microenvironment.
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- Regulation of immune checkpoint molecules in cancer immune evasion and therapy.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2026Review
- Myosin VI drives breast cancer progression via SP1/CA9-mediated acidic tumor microenvironment remodeling and subsequent M2 macrophage polarization.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Article
- GNAS drives gastric cancer progression via pyrimidine metabolic reprogramming and immune-microenvironment remodeling.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Article
- Immune-epithelial crosstalk governs immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy in colorectal cancer.iScience · 2026Article
- Soluble Uric Acid Drives CD8+ T-cell Exhaustion by Inducing KSR1-Mediated MAPK Hyperactivation.Cancer research · 2026Article
- Integrative single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis reveals a lactate-driven crosstalk between NFATc4⁺ tumor cells and SPP1⁺ macrophages in glioblastoma.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Exercise-Induced Circulating Lactate Responses in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- KAT2A-IGF2BP1-CXCL2 axis in the high lactate tumor microenvironment facilitates resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in lung adenocarcinoma by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Lactylation modification in extracellular vesicles: A key regulator of cellular communication.iScience · 2026Review
- Advances in Camptothecin-Class Compounds Nanomedicines: A Comprehensive Review of Antitumor Strategies.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Lactate-induced miR-7-5p/TRIM33 reprograms metabolic flux to suppress tumor growth and viral reactivation.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026Article
- Lactate-activated astrocytes promote NSCLC brain metastasis through extracellular vesicle-mediated miR-8085/TRIM67/ELK1 signaling axis.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Article
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Abstract
Lactic acid production has been regarded as a mechanism by which malignant cells escape immunosurveillance. Recent technological advances in mass spectrometry and the use of cell culture media with a physiological nutrient composition have shed new light on the role of lactic acid and its conjugate lactate in the tumor microenvironment. Here, we review novel work identifying lactate as a physiological carbon source for mammalian tumors and immune cells. We highlight evidence that its use as a substrate is distinct from the immunosuppressive acidification of the extracellular milieu by lactic acid protons. Together, data suggest that neutralizing the effects of intratumoral acidity while maintaining physiological lactate metabolism in cytotoxic CD8
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