ReviewLipids in health and disease2023
Lipid metabolism reprogramming in tumor-associated macrophages and implications for therapy.
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- Novel CRISPR-Cas9 BAP1 knockout pre-clinical tumor model recapitulates human melanoma tumorigenesis and immune evolution.Communications biology · 2026Article
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- Metabolic regulation of tumor-associated macrophage function and immunotherapy in cancer.Cancer biology & medicine · 2026Review
- Fatty acids in the tumor microenvironment reprogram neutrophils to induce immunosuppression via adenosine.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- The RASSF1C-HIF-1α axis drives macrophage lipid metabolism to promote pancreatic cancer.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Association between cholesterol and liver injury risk in solid cancer patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors: evidence from two cohort studies.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Metabolic reprogramming networks in the gastric cancer tumor microenvironment: an integrated axis of nutrient competition, metabolic crosstalk, and immunosuppression.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Metabolic symbiosis and competition: the dual nature of TAM-tumor cell cross-talk in tumor progression.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Loss of SHP-1 in CD11cFrontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Identification of a fatty acid metabolism-related gene signature for prognostic prediction and immune microenvironment characterization in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Metabolic-Immune Coupling in Urologic Cancers: Macrophage Reprogramming as a Therapeutic Nexus.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- UNC93B1 drives IL-6/STAT3-dependent tumor-macrophage crosstalk and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
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- Macrophage reprogramming through scavenger receptor-guided and cathepsin B-triggered nanodelivery: from intracellular mechanisms to translational applications.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
The tumormicroenvironment (TME) plays a key role in tumor progression. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), which are natural immune cells abundantin the TME, are mainly divided into the anti-tumor M1 subtype and pro-tumor M2 subtype. Due to the high plasticity of TAMs, the conversion of the M1 to M2 phenotype in hypoxic and hypoglycemic TME promotes cancer progression, which is closely related to lipid metabolism. Key factors of lipid metabolism in TAMs, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and lipoxygenase, promote the formation of a tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment and facilitate immune escape. In addition, tumor cells promote lipid accumulation in TAMs, causing TAMs to polarize to the M2 phenotype. Moreover, other factors of lipid metabolism, such as abhydrolase domain containing 5 and fatty acid binding protein, have both promoting and inhibiting effects on tumor cells. Therefore, further research on lipid metabolism in tumors is still required. In addition, statins, as core drugs regulating cholesterol metabolism, can inhibit lipid rafts and adhesion of tumor cells, which can sensitize them to chemotherapeutic drugs. Clinical studies on simvastatin and lovastatin in a variety of tumors are underway. This article provides a comprehensive review of the role of lipid metabolism in TAMs in tumor progression, and provides new ideas for targeting lipid metabolism in tumor therapy.
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