Tumor and Metabolism
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 53214
Special Issue Editors
Interests: endothelium; angiogenesis; tumor angiogenesis; antiangiogenic drugs; endothelial progenitor cells; exosomes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Historically, the study of the mechanisms related to tumorigenicity and the possible therapies to manage it have focused on processes of regulation of cell growth and ways to control it. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the appearance of tumor cells and their proliferation is due to a number of factors that interact to generate the conditions for tumor development.
Among these conditions are aspects of cellular metabolism that show distinctive characteristics relative to healthy cells and tissues that contribute to the adaptive survival of tumor cells.
Metabolism is defined as the set of chemical reactions that occur in an organism with the functions of providing energy, creating building blocks for the maintenance of cells and tissues, and eliminating potentially harmful waste. Its regulation constitutes an important part of homeostasis both at the cellular and systemic levels, which are intertwined.
The field of tumor metabolism has exponentially grown during the last decade, and it is currently recognized as one of the main cancer hallmarks. While initial reports focused on the increased glycolytic activity of cancer cells (Warburg effect), it is now well known that tumor cells undergo global metabolic reprogramming and display numerous metabolic adaptations also involving lipids, amino acids, and other biomolecules. Interestingly, recent pioneering works have unveiled the crucial contribution of stromal cells to malignant cell metabolism and vice versa, establishing a complex crosstalk among the different components of the tumor microenvironment. Additionally, oxygen and nutrient availability dictated by the tumor conditions (stromal content, vessel density) and dietary intake are essential contributors to tumor growth and progression.
For this Special Issue of Cancers, we invite authors to submit contributions that provide novel findings in the field of tumor metabolism. Insights in the areas of metabolic reprogramming and heterogeneity, metabolic crosstalk with the microenvironment, angiogenesis, dietary interventions, and therapeutic approaches targeting cancer metabolism at the cellular or organismal levels are of particular interest, although other relevant topics will also be considered. We welcome results from the basic research, preclinical, or clinical fields. Reviews that highlight new findings in the areas mentioned above are also welcome.
Dr. Ángel Luis García-Otín
Dr. Patricia Sancho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cellular metabolism
- redox regulation
- hypoxia
- angiogenesis
- microenvironment
- stroma
- nutrients
- diet
- therapeutics
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