In a recent issue of the journal Cancer Cell,Shi et al.reported that glucose metabolism remodels pro-tumoral functions of tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs)to support cancer metastasis and chemoresistance.Mechanistica...In a recent issue of the journal Cancer Cell,Shi et al.reported that glucose metabolism remodels pro-tumoral functions of tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs)to support cancer metastasis and chemoresistance.Mechanistically,the consumption of glucose fuels hexosamine biosynthetic pathway(HBP)and enhances O-GlcNAcylation of Cathepsin B in macrophages,which upon secretion disrupts the tumor microenvironment(TME)[1].展开更多
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文摘In a recent issue of the journal Cancer Cell,Shi et al.reported that glucose metabolism remodels pro-tumoral functions of tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs)to support cancer metastasis and chemoresistance.Mechanistically,the consumption of glucose fuels hexosamine biosynthetic pathway(HBP)and enhances O-GlcNAcylation of Cathepsin B in macrophages,which upon secretion disrupts the tumor microenvironment(TME)[1].