Mitochondria and Immunometabolism in Cancer
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Biology and Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 744
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cell metabolism and mitochondrial metabolism; mitochondrial bioenergetics; redox alteration; enzymatic activity; inflammatory response and immunometabolism
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Interests: gene expression; transcriptional regulation; macrophage activation; immunometabolism
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Interests: transcriptional regulation; post-transcriptional regulation; miRNA; splicing mechanisms; liver
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, titled “Mitochondria and Immunometabolism in Cancer”, will focus on the role of mitochondria and their metabolic function in the crosstalk between cancer and immune cells.
A new perspective on the survival of cancer cells and the mechanisms underlying tumor progression has recently involved tumor microenvironmental cells. The hallmark of both cancer and activated immune cells is metabolic reprogramming, which depends on gene expression regulation in response to the rise in energetic demands and the need for specific metabolites. A focal point of these metabolic changes is the mitochondrial metabolism supplying energy and metabolites necessary for cell growth.
In this context, it is crucial to comprehend the relationship between cancer and microenvironmental cells, providing a new possible strategy for immunotreatments of cancer. We invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue with original research or review articles focusing on mitochondrial metabolism, bioenergetics, mitochondrial signaling and immunometabolism in cancer.
This Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Immunometabolism;
- Bioenergetics;
- Mitochondrial metabolism;
- Cell signaling;
- Mitochondrial signaling;
- Cancer cell metabolism;
- Cancer cells- immune cells crosstalk;
- Gene expression regulation;
- Tumor microenvironment.
Dr. Simona Todisco
Dr. Santarsiero Anna
Dr. Paolo Convertini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immunometabolism
- bioenergetics
- mitochondrial metabolism
- cell signaling
- mitochondrial signaling
- cancer cell metabolism
- cancer cells–immune cells crosstalk
- gene expression regulation
- tumor microenvironment
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