Immunometabolism at the nexus of cancer therapeutic efficacy and resistance

Constitutive activity of the immune surveillance system detects and kills cancerous cells, although many cancers have developed strategies to avoid detection and to resist their destruction. Cancer immunotherapy entails the manipulation of components of the endogenous immune system as targeted appro...

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Autores: Traba Domínguez, Javier, Sack, Michael N., Waldmann, Thomas A., Anton, Olga M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/705692
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/705692
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.657293
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adaptive Immunity
Cell Communication
Cell Transformation
Neoplastic
Cytokines
Disease Management
Energy Metabolism
Immunity, Innate
Immunotherapy
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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Sumario:Constitutive activity of the immune surveillance system detects and kills cancerous cells, although many cancers have developed strategies to avoid detection and to resist their destruction. Cancer immunotherapy entails the manipulation of components of the endogenous immune system as targeted approaches to control and destroy cancer cells. Since one of the major limitations for the antitumor activity of immune cells is the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), boosting the immune system to overcome the inhibition provided by the TME is a critical component of oncotherapeutics. In this article, we discuss the main effects of the TME on the metabolism and function of immune cells, and review emerging strategies to potentiate immune cell metabolism to promote antitumor effects either as monotherapeutics or in combination with conventional chemotherapy to optimize cancer management