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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Glutamine's double-edged sword: fueling tumor growth and offering therapeutic hope.

Liguang Fang, Dandan Gao, Zuomin Jiang, Guoliang Li, Ming Li

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Glutamine metabolism in health and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Liguang FangCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Dandan GaoThe First Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Zuomin JiangThe First Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Guoliang LiJinan Zhangqiu District Hospital of Traditional Chinese medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Ming LiJinan Nanshan People's Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor metabolic reprogramming is a highly complex process that enables tumor survival in the presence of limited nutrients, involving multiple signaling pathways, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), and transcription factors. Lately, glutamine has been found to enhance the growth, spread, and drug resistance of cancer cells, while also fostering an immunosuppressive microenvironment that aids tumor development. However, in some tumors, such as pancreatic cancer and melanoma, additional glutamine can inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells, and this mechanism is closely related to the regulation of the immune microenvironment. Therefore, further exploration of glutamine metabolism in tumors is essential for understanding the pathogenesis of cancer and for developing new metabolically targeted therapies. We systematically review the latest research on the reprogramming of glutamine metabolism and its role of tumor growth, spread, and immune system regulation. Additionally, we review the clinical research progress on targeted glutamine therapies and their application in combination with current anti-tumor treatments. Ultimately, we address the challenges and prospects involved in resistance to anti-cancer strategies aimed at glutamine metabolism.

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GlutamineNeoplasmsAnimalsCell ProliferationHumansSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentGlutaminecombination therapyglutamine metabolismimmune microenvironmentmetabolic reprogrammingtumors

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PMID40276500
PMCPMC12018421

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