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Immunity, Hypoxia, and Metabolism–the Ménage à Trois of Cancer: Implications for Immunotherapy

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Riera-Domingo, Carla, Audigé, Annette, Granja, Sara, Cheng, Wan-Chen, Ho, Ping-Chih, Baltazar, Fátima, Stockmann, Christian, Mazzone, Massimiliano·2020·Physiological Reviews

Abstract

It is generally accepted that metabolism is able to shape the immune response. Only recently we are gaining awareness that the metabolic crosstalk between different tumor compartments strongly contributes to the harsh tumor microenvironment (TME) and ultimately impairs immune cell fitness and effector functions. The major aims of this review are to provide an overview on the immune system in cancer; to position oxygen shortage and metabolic competition as the ground of a restrictive TME and as important players in the anti-tumor immune response; to define how immunotherapies affect hypoxia/oxygen delivery and the metabolic landscape of the tumor; and vice versa, how oxygen and metabolites within the TME impinge on the success of immunotherapies. By analyzing preclinical and clinical endeavors, we will discuss how a metabolic characterization of the TME can identify novel targets and signatures that could be exploited in combination with standard immunotherapies and can help to predict the benefit of new and traditional immunotherapeutic drugs.

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Authors
Riera-Domingo, C., Audigé, A., Granja, S., Cheng, W.-C., Ho, P.-C., Baltazar, F., Stockmann, C., & Mazzone, M.
Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis, Center for Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B’s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal; Department of Fundamental...
  • Ludwig Cancer Research (BE)
Venue
Physiological Reviews
Published
2020-01-01
Volume
100
Issue
1
Pages
1-102
ISSN
  • 0031-9333 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1210
OpenAlex
W2968149989
Cited by
310
References
808
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 15
FWCI
3.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Physiological Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • EC | European Research Council (773208)
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (1108919N, G0D1717N, G066515N)
  • Stichting Tegen Kanker (2014197)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
tumor microenvironment, tumor hypoxia, cancer metabolism, antitumor immunity, immunotherapy, metabolic crosstalk, oxygen delivery, metabolic competition, predictive biomarkers, combination immunotherapy
MeSH terms
Animals, Hypoxia, Humans, Immunity, Immunotherapy, Neoplasms, Tumor Microenvironment

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