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Investigating and Exploiting Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Cancer

Author : Natalie Janelle German
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Investigating and Exploiting Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Cancer written by Natalie Janelle German and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fuel metabolism in healthy cells is not sufficient to sustain the biosynthetic and energetic demands of cancer. For a normal cell to transform to a rapidly dividing tumor cell, metabolism must be dramatically altered in a process called metabolic reprogramming, characterized by increased nutrient uptake and re-purposing. As we move toward a future of personalized medicine, there is new opportunity in targeting the metabolic requirements specific to an individual's tumor. To this end, it is critical to understand molecular drivers that cancer cells hijack to modify metabolism.

Examining Metabolic Vulnerabilities for Cancer Therapy

Author : Alba Luengo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Examining Metabolic Vulnerabilities for Cancer Therapy written by Alba Luengo and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metabolic reprogramming is essential for cancer cells to balance energetics, maintain redox homeostasis, and synthesize biosynthetic precursors. Many chemotherapeutics that target metabolism are essential components of standard cancer treatment regimens, arguing that there is a therapeutic window to target the metabolic dependencies of cancer cells. However, the use of these drugs as cancer therapies was determined empirically, and rational approaches to directly target the metabolism of cancer cells, especially reprogrammed glucose metabolism, have proved challenging, in part because it is not well understood which metabolic processes are most important for cancer cell proliferation and survival. The goal of this dissertation is to explore metabolic pathways preferentially used by cancer cells in order to identify potential tumor dependencies that could be exploited for clinical benefit. We first determined that production of reactive byproducts is an indirect consequence of the altered glucose metabolism of cancer cells, which suggests that clinically targeting secondary effects of reprogrammed tumor metabolism could be an approach for designing novel cancer treatments. Next, we found that a molecular driver for the altered glucose metabolism of cancer cells is limited electron acceptor availability, suggesting that interventions that further restrict the oxidative capacity of tumors could also have anticancer efficacy. Finally, we interrogated the metabolic fluxes of breast cancers proliferating in different microenvironments and determined that tumors in the brain parenchyma display enhanced lipid biosynthesis, which could guide therapeutic strategies to treat cancer based on tumor site. Collectively, these studies contribute to an understanding of how the reprogrammed metabolism of cancer cells introduces targetable dependencies, with the aim of optimizing cancer therapies.

Novel Strategies to Investigate and Therapeutically Modulate Cancer Metabolism

Author : Woosuk Kim
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Novel Strategies to Investigate and Therapeutically Modulate Cancer Metabolism written by Woosuk Kim and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to increased anabolic demands to support their survival and growth, cancer cells rewire cellular signaling and metabolic networks. While analysis of this rewiring can reveal vulnerabilities within cancers, it is becoming clear that more profound understandings of fundamental cancer biology are required for the successful therapeutic exploitation of cancer signaling and metabolism, two very complex and highly-regulated systems with multiple pathways contributing to their plasticity and robustness. This thesis is the product of translational research efforts focused upon gaining a better understanding of fundamental aspects of cancer biology. The goals of the thesis are to 1) acquire novel insights of cancer biology to more precisely design therapeutic interventions to target cancers, more specifically pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of most deadly cancers, and to 2) develop diagnostic tools that enable better characterization of metabolic characteristics of cancers. Chapter 1 concerns the development of a clinically-applicable positron emission tomography (PET) probe for monitoring nucleotide metabolism at the whole-body level in a non-invasive way. This study makes us think about biology across different scales, from molecular to whole-body levels. In Chapter 2, the synthetic lethality screening tethered to chloroquine, an inhibitor of lysosome-dependent recycling pathways, which PDAC cells rely on to generate metabolic substrates is performed. The findings reveal that the inhibition of lysosomal recycling makes PDAC cells rely on replication stress response pathway for the survival due to impaired de novo nucleotide biosynthesis. In chapter 3, I use multiple models of KRAS G12C mutant PDAC to profile the adaptive resistance mechanisms within cellular signaling and metabolic networks which arise from direct inhibition of mutant KRAS, the oncogenic driver of PDAC. This was followed by mapping the impacts of co-inhibition of oncogenic KRAS and the identified adaptive resistance mechanisms. Metabolomic analyses reveal metabolic vulnerabilities induced by co-inhibition of oncogenic KRAS and the adaptive resistance. In the final chapter, I summarize ongoing projects and future directions that concern fundamental biology of PDAC metabolism.

Metabolism in Cancer

Author : Thorsten Cramer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319421182
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Metabolism in Cancer written by Thorsten Cramer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook presents concise chapters written by internationally respected experts on various important aspects of cancer-associated metabolism, offering a comprehensive overview of the central features of this exciting research field. The discovery that tumor cells display characteristic alterations of metabolic pathways has significantly changed our understanding of cancer: while the first description of tumor-specific changes in cellular energetics was published more than 90 years ago, the causal significance of this observation for the pathogenesis of cancer was only discovered in the post-genome era. The first 10 years of the twenty-first century were characterized by rapid advances in our grasp of the functional role of cancer-specific metabolism as well as the underlying molecular pathways. Various unanticipated interrelations between metabolic alterations and cancer-driving pathways were identified and currently await translation into diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Yet the speed, quantity, and complexity of these new discoveries make it difficult for researchers to keep up to date with the latest developments, an issue this book helps to remedy.

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease

Author : Thomas Seyfried
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118310306
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Cancer as a Metabolic Disease written by Thomas Seyfried and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book addresses controversies related to the origins of cancer and provides solutions to cancer management and prevention. It expands upon Otto Warburg's well-known theory that all cancer is a disease of energy metabolism. However, Warburg did not link his theory to the "hallmarks of cancer" and thus his theory was discredited. This book aims to provide evidence, through case studies, that cancer is primarily a metabolic disease requring metabolic solutions for its management and prevention. Support for this position is derived from critical assessment of current cancer theories. Brain cancer case studies are presented as a proof of principle for metabolic solutions to disease management, but similarities are drawn to other types of cancer, including breast and colon, due to the same cellular mutations that they demonstrate.

Innovative Medicine

Author : Kazuwa Nakao
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431556516
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Innovative Medicine written by Kazuwa Nakao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to innovative medicine, comprising the proceedings of the Uehara Memorial Foundation Symposium 2014. It remains extremely rare for the findings of basic research to be developed into clinical applications, and it takes a long time for the process to be achieved. The task of advancing the development of basic research into clinical reality lies with translational science, yet the field seems to struggle to find a way to move forward. To create innovative medical technology, many steps need to be taken: development and analysis of optimal animal models of human diseases, elucidation of genomic and epidemiological data, and establishment of “proof of concept”. There is also considerable demand for progress in drug research, new surgical procedures, and new clinical devices and equipment. While the original research target may be rare diseases, it is also important to apply those findings more broadly to common diseases. The book covers a wide range of topics and is organized into three complementary parts. The first part is basic research for innovative medicine, the second is translational research for innovative medicine, and the third is new technology for innovative medicine. This book helps to understand innovative medicine and to make progress in its realization.

Navigating Metabolism

Author : Navdeep Singh Chandel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621821298
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Navigating Metabolism written by Navdeep Singh Chandel and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Metabolic pathways used to be "road maps" most biologists learned as undergraduates and then promptly forgot. Recent work has revealed how changes in metabolism are closely linked to many aspects of cell behavior and the development of cancer and other diseases. This book represents both a new look at metabolism and a refresher course. It surveys the major metabolic pathways, places these in biological context, and highlights the key control points that control cell behavior and can become dysregulated in disease"--

Autophagy and Cancer

Author : Hong-Gang Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461465613
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Autophagy and Cancer written by Hong-Gang Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the explosion of information on autophagy in cancer, this is an opportune time to speed the efforts to translate our current knowledge about autophagy regulation into better understanding of its role in cancer. This book will cover the latest advances in this area from the basics, such as the molecular machinery for autophagy induction and regulation, up to the current areas of interest such as modulation of autophagy and drug discovery for cancer prevention and treatment. The text will include an explanation on how autophagy can function in both oncogenesis and tumor suppression and a description of its function in tumor development and tumor suppression through its roles in cell survival, cell death, cell growth as well as its influences on inflammation, immunity, DNA damage, oxidative stress, tumor microenvironment, etc. The remaining chapters will cover topics on autophagy and cancer therapy. These pages will serve as a description on how the pro-survival function of autophagy may help cancer cells resist chemotherapy and radiation treatment as well as how the pro-death functions of autophagy may enhance cell death in response to cancer therapy, and how to target autophagy for cancer prevention and therapy − what to target and how to target it.

Molecular Biology of The Cell

Author : Bruce Alberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815332183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Molecular Biology of The Cell written by Bruce Alberts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Organotypic Models in Drug Development

Author : Monika Schäfer-Korting
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030700631
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Organotypic Models in Drug Development written by Monika Schäfer-Korting and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides latest findings in organotypic models in drug development and provides the scientific resonance needed in an emerging field of research in disciplines, such as molecular medicine, physiology, and pathophysiology. Today the research on human-based test systems has gained major interest and funding in the EU and the US has increased over the last years. Moreover, so-called 3R (reduce, replace, refine animal experiments) centres have been established worldwide.

Comparative Oncology

Author : Alecsandru Ioan Baba
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789732714577
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Comparative Oncology written by Alecsandru Ioan Baba and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Emperor of All Maladies

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170916
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

Central Nervous System Metastases

Author : Manmeet Ahluwalia
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030234177
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Central Nervous System Metastases written by Manmeet Ahluwalia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of brain metastases, from the molecular biology aspects to therapeutic management and perspectives. Due to the increasing incidence of these tumors and the urgent need to effectively control brain metastatic diseases in these patients, new therapeutic strategies have emerged in recent years. The volume discusses all these innovative approaches combined with new surgical techniques (fluorescence, functional mapping, integrated navigation), novel radiation therapy techniques (stereotactic radiosurgery) and new systemic treatment approaches such as targeted- and immunotherapy. These combination strategies represent a new therapeutic model in brain metastatic patients in which each medical practitioner (neurosurgeon, neurologist, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist) plays a pivotal role in defining the optimal treatment in a multidisciplinary approach. Written by recognized experts in the field, this book is a valuable tool for neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, neuroradiologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, cognitive therapists, basic scientists and students working in the area of brain tumors.

Tumor Cell Metabolism

Author : Sybille Mazurek
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3709118247
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tumor Cell Metabolism written by Sybille Mazurek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four sections of this book cover cell and molecular biology of tumor metabolism, metabolites, tumor microenvironment, diagnostics and epigenetics. Written by international experts, it provides a thorough insight into and understanding of tumor cell metabolism and its role in tumor biology. The book is intended for scientists in cancer cell and molecular biology, scientists in drug and diagnostic development, as well as for clinicians and oncologists.

Cancer Evolution

Author : Charles Swanton
Publisher : Perspectives Cshl
ISBN 13 : 9781621821434
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Cancer Evolution written by Charles Swanton and published by Perspectives Cshl. This book was released on 2017 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tumor progression is driven by mutations that confer growth advantages to different subpopulations of cancer cells. As a tumor grows, these subpopulations expand, accumulate new mutations, and are subjected to selective pressures from the environment, including anticancer interventions. This process, termed clonal evolution, can lead to the emergence of therapy-resistant tumors and poses a major challenge for cancer eradication efforts. Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine examines cancer progression as an evolutionary process and explores how this way of looking at cancer may lead to more effective strategies for managing and treating it. The contributors review efforts to characterize the subclonal architecture and dynamics of tumors, understand the roles of chromosomal instability, driver mutations, and mutation order, and determine how cancer cells respond to selective pressures imposed by anticancer agents, immune cells, and other components of the tumor microenvironment. They compare cancer evolution to organismal evolution and describe how ecological theories and mathematical models are being used to understand the complex dynamics between a tumor and its microenvironment during cancer progression. The authors also discuss improved methods to monitor tumor evolution (e.g., liquid biopsies) and the development of more effective strategies for managing and treating cancers (e.g., immunotherapies). This volume will therefore serve as a vital reference for all cancer biologists as well as anyone seeking to improve clinical outcomes for patients with cancer.

Metals in Cells

Author : Valeria Culotta
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118636864
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Metals in Cells written by Valeria Culotta and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last three decades a lot of research on the role of metals in biochemistry and medicine has been done. As a result many structures of biomolecules with metals have been characterized and medicinal chemistry studied the effects of metal containing drugs. This new book (from the EIBC Book Series) covers recent advances made by top researchers in the field of metals in cells [the “metallome”] and include: regulated metal ion uptake and trafficking, sensing of metals within cells and across tissues, and identification of the vast cellular factors designed to orchestrate assembly of metal cofactor sites while minimizing toxic side reactions of metals. In addition, it features aspects of metals in disease, including the role of metals in neuro-degeneration, liver disease, and inflammation, as a way to highlight the detrimental effects of mishandling of metal trafficking and response to "foreign" metals. With the breadth of our recently acquired understanding of metals in cells, a book that features key aspects of cellular handling of inorganic elements is both timely and important. At this point in our understanding, it is worthwhile to step back and take an expansive view of how far our understanding has come, while also highlighting how much we still do not know. The content from this book will publish online, as part of EIBC in December 2013, find out more about the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, the essential online resource for researchers and students working in all areas of inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry.

Cancer metabolism: Molecular insights, metabolic crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment, and implications for therapy

Author : Balkrishna Chaube
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832535054
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Cancer metabolism: Molecular insights, metabolic crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment, and implications for therapy written by Balkrishna Chaube and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: