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The Influence of Metabolism on Drug Response in Cancer

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Zaal, Esther A., Berkers, Celia R.·2018·Frontiers in Oncology

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Resistance to therapeutic agents, either intrinsic or acquired, is currently a major problem in the treatment of cancers and occurs in virtually every type of anti-cancer therapy. Therefore, understanding how resistance can be prevented, targeted and predicted becomes increasingly important to improve cancer therapy. In the last decade, it has become apparent that alterations in cellular metabolism are a hallmark of cancer cells and that a rewired metabolism is essential for rapid tumor growth and proliferation. Recently, metabolic alterations have been shown to play a role in the sensitivity of cancer cells to widely-used first-line chemotherapeutics. This suggests that metabolic pathways are important mediators of resistance toward anticancer agents. In this review, we highlight the metabolic alterations associated with resistance toward different anticancer agents and discuss how metabolism may be exploited to overcome drug resistance to classical chemotherapy.

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Authors
Zaal, E. A., & Berkers, C. R.
Affiliations
Utrecht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Berkers, Celia R.
Venue
Frontiers in Oncology
Published
2018-11-02
Volume
8
Pages
500-500
ISSN
2234-943X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2899130161
Cited by
272
References
186
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 10
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2.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Frontiers in Oncology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Keywords
cancer metabolism, drug resistance, chemoresistance, anticancer agents, metabolic pathways, overcoming drug resistance

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