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ArticleOncogene2025

Methylmalonic acid induces metabolic abnormalities and exhaustion in CD8

Joanne D Tejero, Rebecca S Hesterberg, Stanislav Drapela, Didem Ilter, Devesh Raizada, Felicia Lazure, Hossein Kashfi, Min Liu, Leonardo Silvane, Dorina Avram and 5 more

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Article in Oncogene, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  13. Mitochondrial Regulation of CD8⁺ T Cells: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Modulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. MMA-induced LOXL2Cell death & disease · 2025
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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

15 authors.

Joanne D TejeroDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Rebecca S HesterbergDepartment of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Stanislav DrapelaDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Didem IlterDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Devesh RaizadaDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Felicia LazureDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Hossein KashfiDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Min LiuProteomics and Metabolomics Core, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Leonardo SilvaneDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Dorina AvramDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Juan Fernández-GarcíaLaboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3422-3627
John M AsaraDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Sarah-Maria FendtLaboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6018-9296
John L ClevelandDepartment of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Ana P GomesDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. ana.dasilvagomes@moffitt.org.ORCID 0000-0003-0881-727X

Funding

VectorP30CA006516 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI Irene M. Ghobrial · 1985 to 2026
$330.6M
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI John L. Cleveland · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
Tuberous Sclerosis-Pathway and PathogenesisP01CA120964 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI David J. Kwiatkowski · 2007 to 2026
$35.9M
Project 4P01CA250984 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI RODRIGUEZ, PAULO CESAR · 2021 to 2025
$10.1M
Epigenetic and metabolic bottlenecks of tumorigenesisR01CA279023 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI Ana da silva Gomes · 2024 to 2026
$3.1M
Integrated Program in Cancer and Data Science (ICADS)T32CA233399 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI William Douglas Cress, Elsa R Flores · 2019 to 2026
$1.7M
Vitamin B12 supplementation as novel therapeutic strategy to improve cancer-associated outcomesR00CA218686 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI DA SILVA GOMES, ANA · 2020 to 2022
$916k
Adaptations of breast cancer metastasis to the aging lungR21AG083720 · NIA · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI DA SILVA GOMES, ANA · 2023 to 2024
$463k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA120964NCI NIH HHS P01 CA250984NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006516NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292NCI NIH HHS R00 CA218686NCI NIH HHS R01 CA279023NCI NIH HHS T32 CA233399NIA NIH HHS R21 AG083720U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P01CA250984U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30CA006516U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30CA076292U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R00CA218686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic levels of methylmalonic acid (MMA), a byproduct of propionate metabolism, increase with age and MMA promotes tumor progression via its direct effects in tumor cells. However, the role of MMA in modulating the tumor ecosystem remains to be investigated. The proliferation and function of CD8

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesMethylmalonic AcidAnimalsCitric Acid CycleHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaNeoplasmsMethylmalonic Acid

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PMID39472497
PMCPMC12904991

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