How nearby nutrients shape tumor growth

Elife. 2023 Jul 17:12:e89825. doi: 10.7554/eLife.89825.

Abstract

Studying the nutrient composition immediately surrounding pancreatic cancer cells provides new insights into their metabolic properties and how they can evade the immune system to promote disease progression.

Keywords: amino acid homeostasis; biochemistry; cancer; cancer biology; chemical biology; human; immunotherapy; metabolism; mouse; nutrient stress; tumor microenvironment.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Immune System / metabolism
  • Immunotherapy
  • Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Nutrients / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms* / metabolism
  • Tumor Microenvironment