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ReviewInternational journal of biological sciences2026

Metabolic-Immune Coupling in Urologic Cancers: Macrophage Reprogramming as a Therapeutic Nexus.

Wenxue Huang, Weijia Li, Wentai Shangguan, Lin Yang, Zhuohang Li, Boyuan Sun, Cunzhen Ma, Xunguo Yang, Peidan Peng, Jie Zhao and 2 more

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Review in International journal of biological sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Wenxue HuangNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Weijia LiNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Wentai ShangguanNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Lin YangNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Zhuohang LiNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Boyuan SunNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Cunzhen MaNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Xunguo YangNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Peidan PengNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Jie ZhaoNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Bisheng ChengNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Peng WuNanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic responsiveness in urologic cancers is gated by metabolic-immune coupling that conditions tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Myeloid-dominated "cold" ecosystems blunt antigen handling, phagocytosis, and trafficking, limiting the benefit of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). This review focuses on three high-value axes that shape TAM state and niche: the lactate-pH / hypoxia-HIF-VEGF axis that enforces acidic, adenosinergic suppression and angiogenic programs; lipid rafts axis that stabilizes inhibitory hubs (e.g., PI3K-AKT/TREM2) and skews phagocytosis/antigen presentation; and ferroptosis-redox axis control that sets inflammatory versus tolerogenic set-points. The review further outlines pharmacodynamic anchors-hyperpolarized

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MacrophagesTumor-Associated MacrophagesUrologic NeoplasmsAnimalsHumansMetabolic Reprogrammingbladder cancermetabolic reprogrammingprostate cancerrenal cell carcinomaTumor-associated macrophage

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PMID41943838
PMCPMC13050456

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