NAMPT plays a major role in NAD biosynthesis in many cancers and is an attractive potential cancer target. However, factors dictating therapeutic efficacy of NAMPT inhibitors (NAMPTi) are unclear. We report that neuroendocrine phenotypes predict lung and prostate carcinoma vulnerability to NAMPTi...
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) exhibits profound immunometabolic suppression that impairs antigen presentation and constrains immunotherapy efficacy. Through integrated multi-omics analyses of primary human SCLC tumors, we identified midkine (MDK) as a dominant tumor-secreted driver of immune evas...
Metabolic competition within the tumor microenvironment (TME) severely impairs the efficacy and persistence of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in solid tumors. While targeting tumor metabolism is a promising therapeutic avenue, its precise implementation remains a challenge. Here, we disc...
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is a type of recurrent and incurable disease, which can lead to the loss of workability, increase cancer risk and bring serious economic burden to patients. Abnormal intestin...
Nutrient-deprived conditions in the tumor microenvironment (TME) restrain cancer cell viability due to increased free radicals and reduced energy production. In pancreatic cancer cells, a cytosolic metabolic enzyme, wild-type isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (wtIDH1), enables the adaptation to these co...