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  1. Metabolite nutrients within the tumor microenvironment shape both tumor progression and immune cell functionality. It remains elusive how the metabolic interaction between T cells and tumor cells results in di...

    Authors: Xiaohua Yang, Tianzhang Kou, Hongmiao Wang, Ji Zhu, Zheng-Jiang Zhu and Yuping Cai
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:23
  2. Enhanced glycolysis plays a pivotal role in fueling the aberrant proliferation, survival and therapy resistance of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. Here, we aimed to elucidate the extent of glycolysis depen...

    Authors: Ayşegül Erdem, Séléna Kaye, Francesco Caligiore, Manuel Johanns, Fleur Leguay, Jan Jacob Schuringa, Keisuke Ito, Guido Bommer and Nick van Gastel
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:22
  3. Malignant ascites is a common complication of advanced ovarian cancer (OC) and gastrointestinal cancer (GI), significantly impacting metastasis, quality of life, and survival. Increased intestinal permeability...

    Authors: Sisi Deng, Wooyong Kim, Kefan Cheng, Qianlu Yang, Yogesh Singh, Gyuntae Bae, Nicolas Bézière, Lukas Mager, Stefan Kommoss, Jannik Sprengel and Christoph Trautwein
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:21
  4. Estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer (BC) is a prevalent and fatal cancer among women, and there is a need to identify molecules involved in the disease pathophysiology which could also serve as bioma...

    Authors: Yamama Abu Mohsen, Rachel Twitto-Greenberg, Anna Cohen, Gil S Leichner, Lidor Mahler, Hofit Cohen, Yehuda Kamari, Aviv Shaish, Ayelet Harari, Alicia Leikin-Frenkel, Efrat Glick Saar, Tamar Geiger, Sergey Malitsky, Maxim Itkin, Dror Harats and Rom Keshet
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:20
  5. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most common primary hepatocellular cancer. This study investigated whether ETV4, ALYREF, and PKM2 affect glycolytic metabolism and ferroptosis, thereby potentia...

    Authors: Xiaohui Wang, Wenbin Duan, Zhongzhi Ma, Haoquan Wen, Xianhai Mao and Changjun Liu
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:19
  6. While the triggers for the metastatic transformation of breast cancer (BC) cells remain unknown, recent evidence suggests that intrinsic cellular metabolism could be a crucial driver of migratory disposition a...

    Authors: Mohini Kamra, Yuan-I Chen, Paula C. Delgado, Erin H. Seeley, Stephanie K. Seidlits, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Amy Brock and Sapun H. Parekh
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:18
  7. Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common cancers in women, with a short overall survival and poor prognosis. Besides the biologically aggressive EC properties, Cancer-associated cachexia is the main f...

    Authors: Liping Zhang, Quanrong Li, Meiting Wu, Xiushan Feng, Weichao Dai, Peifang Chen, Dezhao Chen, Zhiqun Zheng, Xiaoyan Lin and Gang Wei
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:17
  8. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive malignancy with distinct molecular subtypes defined by transcription factors and inflammatory characteristics. This follow-up study aimed to validate the unique m...

    Authors: Anna Solta, Büsra Ernhofer, Kristiina Boettiger, Christian Lang, Zsolt Megyesfalvi, Theresa Mendrina, Dominik Kirchhofer, Gerald Timelthaler, Beata Szeitz, Melinda Rezeli, Clemens Aigner, Arvand Haschemi, Lukas W. Unger, Balazs Dome and Karin Schelch
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:16
  9. Arginine metabolism in tumors is often shunted into the pathway producing pro-tumor and immune suppressive polyamines (PAs), while downmodulating the alternative nitric oxide (NO) synthesis pathway. Aiming to ...

    Authors: Vandana Sharma, Veani Fernando, Xunzhen Zheng, Eun-Seok Choi, Osama Sweef, Venetia Thomas, Justin Szpendyk and Saori Furuta
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:15
  10. High-grade serous cancer (HGSC) is the most prevalent and aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer. In this study, we utilized liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis to investigate metabolic alterati...

    Authors: Ming Wang, Shuiqing Xu, Jianqing Xu, Jiahui Wei and Yumei Wu
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:14
  11. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma worldwide and is characterized by its heterogeneity. Although first-line therapy improves survival outcomes for DLBCL pat...

    Authors: Lourdes Hontecillas-Prieto, Daniel J. García-Domínguez, Carlos Jiménez-Cortegana, Esteban Nogales-Fernández, Natalia Palazón-Carrión, Alejandro Martín García-Sancho, Eduardo Ríos-Herranz, Josep Gumà-Padrò, Mariano Provencio-Pulla, Antonio Rueda-Domínguez, Luis de la Cruz-Merino and Víctor Sánchez-Margalet
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:12
  12. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which tends to be more advanced when diagnosed and more aggressive than other breast cancer subtypes, is accelerated by obesity. Hypertrophic adipocytes and cancer cells e...

    Authors: Emily N. Devericks, Bennett H. Brosnan, Alyssa N. Ho, Elaine M. Glenny, Hannah M. Malian, Dorothy Teegarden, Michael K. Wendt, Michael F. Coleman and Stephen D. Hursting
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:11
  13. Serine metabolism provides important metabolic intermediates that support the rapid proliferation of tumor cells. However, the role of serine metabolism in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and the und...

    Authors: Hui Jie, Jing Wei, Zhuoling Li, Min Yi, Xinying Qian, Yan Li, Chunqi Liu, Chuan Li, Liang Wang, Pengchi Deng, Lunxu Liu, Xiaobo Cen and Yinglan Zhao
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:10
  14. This study aimed to evaluate the metabolic differences between MM cells derived from patients with elevated serum LDH levels and those without elevated serum LDH levels to identify biological differences that ...

    Authors: Yogesh Chawla, Emilie I. Anderson, Matthew Smith, Sonia Jain, Laura A. Evans, Jadee Neff, Jin Sung Jang, Isas K. Vazquez Rosario, Dragan Jevremovic, Xuan-Mai Petterson, Sinto Sebastian, Rafael Fonseca, Shaji K. Kumar, Taro Hitosugi and Wilson I. Gonsalves
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:9
  15. Melanoma is a highly aggressive skin cancer with a poor prognosis. The endocannabinoids 2-arachidonoylgylcerol (2-AG) and anandamide have been linked to melanoma progression, though their roles remain unclear....

    Authors: Veronika Morozova, Daniele Pellegata, Roch-Philippe Charles and Jürg Gertsch
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:8
  16. Lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) can regulate tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Nevertheless, whether the regulation of LDHA is involved in the development of gemcitabine resistance in PDAC has not yet been ...

    Authors: Tung-Wei Hsu, Wan-Yu Wang, Hsin-An Chen, Tzu-Hsuan Wang, Chih-Ming Su, Po-Hsiang Liao, Alvin Chen, Kuei-Yen Tsai, George Kokotos, Cheng-Chin Kuo, Ching-Feng Chiu and Yen-Hao Su
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:7
  17. HER2-positive patients comprise approximately 20% of breast cancer cases, with HER2-targeted therapy significantly improving progression-free and overall survival. However, subsequent reprogramed tumor progres...

    Authors: You-Yu Liu, Wei-Lun Huang, Sin-Tian Wang, Hui-Ping Hsu, Tzu-Ching Kao, Wei-Pang Chung and Kung-Chia Young
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:6
  18. In malignant melanoma, liver metastases significantly reduce survival, even despite highly effective new therapies. Given the increase in metabolic liver diseases such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steat...

    Authors: Johannes Hoffmann, Julia Schüler, Bianca Dietsch, Sina Wietje Kürschner-Zacharias, Carsten Sticht, Felix A. Trogisch, Maren Schreitmüller, Tinja Baljkas, Kai Schledzewski, Manuel Reinhart, Sebastian A. Wohlfeil, Manuel Winkler, Christian David Schmid, Joerg Heineke, Cyrill Géraud, Sergij Goerdt…
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:5
  19. Authors: Ceren Yalaz, Esther Bridges, Nasullah K. Alham, Christos E. Zois, Jianzhou Chen, Karim Bensaad, Ana Miar, Elisabete Pires, Ruth J. Muschel, James S. O. McCullagh and Adrian L. Harris
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:4

    The original article was published in Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:5

  20. Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is a devastating complication of cancer that is difficult to treat. Thus, early diagnosis is essential for LM patients. However, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology has low sensit...

    Authors: Soojin Jang, Ho-Shin Gwak, Kyue-Yim Lee, Jun Hwa Lee, Kyung-Hee Kim, Jong Heon Kim, Jong Bae Park, Sang Hoon Shin, Heon Yoo, Yun-Sik Dho, Kyu-Chang Wang and Byong Chul Yoo
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:2
  21. Invasiveness of pituitary adenoma is the main cause of its poor prognosis, mechanism of which remains largely unknown. In this study, the differential proteins between invasive and non-invasive pituitary tumor...

    Authors: Tongjiang Xu, Xiaodong Zhai, RuiWei Wang, Xiaoben Wu, ZhiZhen Zhou, MiaoMiao Shang, Chongcheng Wang, Tengfei Qi and Wei Yang
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2025 13:1
  22. Six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate 3 (STEAP3), an essential constituent of the STEAP family protein, plays a notable role in promoting cancer proliferation and metastasis. Despite the importance ...

    Authors: Zouyu Zhao, Panpan Yu, Yan Wang, Hong Li, Hui Qiao, Chongfeng Sun, Lina Zhu and Ping Yang
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:40
  23. Heterozygosity for loss-of‐function alleles of the genes encoding the four subunits of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD), as well as the SDHAF2 assembly factor predispose affected individuals to...

    Authors: Fatimah J. Al Khazal, Sanjana Mahadev Bhat, Yuxiang Zhu, Cristina M. de Araujo Correia, Sherry X. Zhou, Brandon A. Wilbanks, Clifford D. Folmes, Gary C. Sieck, Judith Favier and L. James Maher III
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:39
  24. Amino acids are critical to tumor survival. Tumors can acquire amino acids from the surrounding microenvironment, including the serum. Limiting dietary amino acids is suggested to influence their serum levels....

    Authors: TashJaé Q. Scales, Bradley Smith, Lisa M. Blanchard, Nellie Wixom, Emily T. Tuttle, Brian J. Altman, Luke J. Peppone, Joshua Munger, Thomas M. Campbell, Erin K. Campbell and Isaac S. Harris
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:38
  25. The efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting the EGFR is limited due to the persistence of drug-tolerant cell populations, leading to therapy resistance. Non-genetic mechanisms, such as metaboli...

    Authors: Nadiia Lypova, Susan M. Dougherty, Brian F. Clem, Jing Feng, Xinmin Yin, Xiang Zhang, Xiaohong Li, Jason A. Chesney and Yoannis Imbert-Fernandez
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:37
  26. Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is a toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon known as an exogenous AhR ligand. This study investigates the role of BaP in inducing immune checkpoint expression in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) ...

    Authors: İsa Taş, Mücahit Varlı, Sultan Pulat, Hyun Bo Sim, Jong-Jin Kim and Hangun Kim
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:36
  27. Glioblastoma is an aggressive cancer that originates from abnormal cell growth in the brain and requires metabolic reprogramming to support tumor growth. Metabolic reprogramming involves the upregulation of va...

    Authors: Kenji Miki, Mikako Yagi, Ryusuke Hatae, Ryosuke Otsuji, Takahiro Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Goto, Daiki Setoyama, Yutaka Fujioka, Yuhei Sangatsuda, Daisuke Kuga, Nayuta Higa, Tomoko Takajo, Yonezawa Hajime, Toshiaki Akahane, Akihide Tanimoto, Ryosuke Hanaya…
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:35
  28. The metabolic pathway of de novo lipogenesis (DNL) is upregulated in fatty liver disease and liver cancer. Inhibitors of DNL are in development for the treatment of these disorders; however, our previous study sh...

    Authors: Riya Shrestha, Calum S. Vancuylenburg, Martina Beretta, Mingyan Zhou, Divya P. Shah, Ellen M. Olzomer, Sian L. Richards, Kyle L. Hoehn and Frances L. Byrne
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:34
  29. Chemoresistance remains a major challenge in the effective treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC), contributing to poor patient outcomes. While the molecular mechanisms underlying chemoresistance are complex and...

    Authors: Yang Wang, Qiang Ji, Ning Cao, Guijie Ge, Xiaomin Li, Xiangdong Liu and Yanqi Mi
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:33
  30. The influence of the small Rho GTPase Rif (RHOF) on tumor growth, glycolysis, endothelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), and the potential mechanism of RHOF in pancreatic cancer (PC) were explored.

    Authors: Rui Zhao, Yanmin Yi, Han Liu, Jianwei Xu, Shuhai Chen, Dong Wu, Lei Wang and Feng Li
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:32
  31. Arginine deprivation was previously shown to inhibit retinoblastoma cell proliferation and induce cell death in vitro. However, the mechanisms by which retinoblastoma cells respond to arginine deprivation rema...

    Authors: Dan Wang, Wai Kit Chu, Jason Cheuk Sing Yam, Chi Pui Pang, Yun Chung Leung, Alisa Sau Wun Shum and Sun-On Chan
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:31
  32. Chondrosarcoma (CHS) is resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy and currently lacks effective treatment options when in advanced stages. Accordingly, this research investigated the mechanism of...

    Authors: Yue Wu, Zheng Huang, Ping Luo, Zhong Xiang, Meng Zhang, Zhiwu Chen, Yalu Zhou and Jiameng Li
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:30
  33. Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are membrane lipids composed of a ceramide backbone linked to a glycan moiety. Ganglioside biosynthesis is a part of the GSL metabolism, which involves sequential reactions catalyzed ...

    Authors: Arsenij Ustjanzew, Annekathrin Silvia Nedwed, Roger Sandhoff, Jörg Faber, Federico Marini and Claudia Paret
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:29
  34. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive disease characterized by complex metabolic rewiring that enables growth in changing nutrient availability and oxygen conditions. Transcriptome-bas...

    Authors: Hassan A. Ali, Joanna M. Karasinska, James T. Topham, Danisha Johal, Steve Kalloger, Andrew Metcalfe, Cassia S. Warren, Anthony Miyagi, Lan V. Tao, Maya Kevorkova, Shawn C. Chafe, Paul C. McDonald, Shoukat Dedhar, Seth J. Parker, Daniel J. Renouf and David F. Schaeffer
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:28
  35. High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most common and aggressive subtype of epithelial ovarian carcinoma. It is primarily diagnosed at stage III or IV when the 5-year survival rate ranges between ...

    Authors: Daniela Šimčíková, Dominik Gardáš, Tomáš Pelikán, Lukáš Moráň, Martin Hruda, Kateřina Hložková, Tiziana Pivetta, Michal Hendrych, Júlia Starková, Lukáš Rob, Petr Vaňhara and Petr Heneberg
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:27
  36. PAF1/PD2 deregulation contributes to tumorigenesis, drug resistance, and cancer stem cell maintenance in Pancreatic Cancer (PC). Recent studies demonstrate that metabolic reprogramming plays a role in PC progr...

    Authors: Ayoola O. Ogunleye, Neelanjana Gayen, Sanchita Rauth, Saravanakumar Marimuthu, Rama Krishna Nimmakayala, Zahraa W. Alsafwani, Jesse L. Cox, Surinder K. Batra and Moorthy P. Ponnusamy
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:26
  37. Mitochondria are known to synthesize adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation. Understanding and accurately measuring mitochondrial ATP synthesis rate can provide insights into the functi...

    Authors: Eun Sol Chang, Kyoung Song, Ji-Young Song, Minjung Sung, Mi-Sook Lee, Jung Han Oh, Ji-Yeon Kim, Yeon Hee Park, Kyungsoo Jung and Yoon-La Choi
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:25
  38. Prostate cancer (PCa) shows a rewired metabolism featuring increased fatty acid uptake and synthesis via de novo lipogenesis, both sharply related to mitochondrial physiology. The docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an...

    Authors: Guilherme Henrique Tamarindo, Caroline Fidalgo Ribeiro, Alana Della Torre Silva, Alex Castro, Ícaro Putinhon Caruso, Fátima Pereira Souza, Sebastião Roberto Taboga, Massimo Loda and Rejane Maira Góes
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:24
  39. The metabolic reprogramming of amino acids is critical for cancer cell growth and survival. Notably, intracellular accumulation of cysteine is often observed in various cancers, suggesting its potential role i...

    Authors: Tomoaki Yamauchi, Yumi Okano, Daishu Terada, Sai Yasukochi, Akito Tsuruta, Yuya Tsurudome, Kentaro Ushijima, Naoya Matsunaga, Satoru Koyanagi and Shigehiro Ohdo
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:23
  40. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) regulates the progression of breast cancer (BC). We aimed to investigate the action and mechanism involved of methyltransferase-like protein 16 (METTL16) in BC growth and metastasis.

    Authors: Runying Wang, Xingjie Gao, Luhan Xie, Jiaqi Lin and Yanying Ren
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:22
  41. Stroma AReactive Invasion Front Areas (SARIFA) is a recently identified haematoxylin & eosin (H&E)based histopathologic biomarker in gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC), defined as dire...

    Authors: Kelly Offermans, Nic G. Reitsam, Colinda C. J. M. Simons, Bianca Grosser, Jessica Zimmermann, Heike I. Grabsch, Bruno Märkl and Piet A. van den Brandt
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:21
  42. Despite technological advances in radiotherapy, cancer cells at the tumor margin and in diffusive infiltrates can receive subcytotoxic doses of photons. Even if only a minority of cancer cells are concerned, p...

    Authors: Justin D. Rondeau, Justine A. Van de Velde, Yasmine Bouidida and Pierre Sonveaux
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:20
  43. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive disease without meaningful therapeutic options beyond the first salvage therapy. Targeting PDAC metabolism through amino acid restriction has emerged as...

    Authors: Dominique Bollino, Kanwal Hameed, Anusha Bhat, Arveen Zarrabi, Andrea Casildo, Xinrong Ma, Kayla M Tighe, Brandon Carter-Cooper, Erin T. Strovel, Rena G. Lapidus and Ashkan Emadi
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:19
  44. Even with systemic chemotherapy, cytoreductive surgery (CRS), and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), peritoneal metastases (PM) remain a common site of disease progression for colorectal cancer...

    Authors: G. M. Sarcinelli, L. Varinelli, S. Ghislanzoni, F. Padelli, D. Lorenzini, A. Vingiani, M. Milione, M. Guaglio, S. Kusamura, M. Deraco, G. Pruneri, M. Gariboldi, D. Baratti and I. Bongarzone
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:18
  45. The effects of glycemic status and insulin resistance on lung cancer remain unclear. We investigated the associations between both glycemic status and insulin resistance, and lung cancer mortality, in a young ...

    Authors: In Young Cho, Yoosoo Chang, Eunju Sung, Boyoung Park, Jae-Heon Kang, Hocheol Shin, Sarah H. Wild, Christopher D. Byrne and Seungho Ryu
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:17
  46. The ketogenic diet (KD), based on high fat (over 70% of daily calories), low carbohydrate, and adequate protein intake, has become popular due to its potential therapeutic benefits for several diseases includi...

    Authors: Hadas Fulman-Levy, Raichel Cohen-Harazi, Bar Levi, Lital Argaev-Frenkel, Ifat Abramovich, Eyal Gottlieb, Sarah Hofmann, Igor Koman and Elimelech Nesher
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:16
  47. Glycolytic flux is regulated by the energy demands of the cell. Upregulated glycolysis in cancer cells may therefore result from increased demand for adenosine triphosphate (ATP), however it is unknown what th...

    Authors: Aidan M. Michaels, Anna Zoccarato, Zoe Hoare, George Firth, Yu Jin Chung, Philip W. Kuchel, Ajay M. Shah, Michael J. Shattock, Richard Southworth and Thomas R. Eykyn
    Citation: Cancer & Metabolism 2024 12:15

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