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Metabolic reprogramming in triple-negative breast cancer
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Since triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) was first defined over a decade ago, increasing studies have focused on its genetic and molecular characteristics. Patients diagnosed with TNBC, compared to those diagnosed with other breast cancer subtypes, have relatively poor outcomes due to high tumor aggressiveness and lack of targeted treatment. Metabolic reprogramming, an emerging hallmark of cancer, is hijacked by TNBC to fulfill bioenergetic and biosynthetic demands; maintain the redox balance; and further promote oncogenic signaling, cell proliferation, and metastasis. Understanding the mechanisms of metabolic remodeling may guide the design of metabolic strategies for the effective intervention of TNBC. Here, we review the metabolic reprogramming of glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, amino acid metabolism, lipid metabolism, and other branched pathways in TNBC and explore opportunities for new biomarkers, imaging modalities, and metabolically targeted therapies.
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“The modulation of cancer-specific metabolic adaptations weakens the malignant cells and widens the therapeutic window for effective treatment of TNBC patients (Lanning et al., 2017; Wang et al., 2020).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wang, Z., Jiang, Q., & Dong, C.
- Affiliations
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Dong, Chenfang
- Venue
- Cancer Biology and Medicine
- Publisher
- China Anti-cancer Association
- Published
- 2020
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 44-59
- ISSN
- 2095-3941 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7142847
- OpenAlex
- W3020548503
- Cited by
- 248
- References
- 135
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 6.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Cancer Biology and Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Keywords
- triple-negative breast cancer, metabolic reprogramming, glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, amino acid metabolism, lipid metabolism, redox homeostasis, oncogenic signaling, metastasis, metabolic biomarkers, metabolic imaging
- MeSH terms
- Warburg Effect, Oncologic, Amino Acids, Antineoplastic Agents, Female, Humans, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Biomarkers, Tumor, Lipid Metabolism, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
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