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ReviewMolecular biomedicine2025

Fructose metabolism and its roles in metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer.

Zhenhong Li, Xinzou Fan, Fan Gao, Shengguang Pan, Xiao Ma, Hao Cheng, Hiroko Nakatsukasa, Wei Zhang, Dunfang Zhang

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Review in Molecular biomedicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zhenhong LiDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Xinzou FanDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Fan GaoDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Shengguang PanDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Xiao MaDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Hao ChengDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Hiroko NakatsukasaLaboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8675, Japan.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China. zwvivian111@126.com.
Dunfang ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041, China. izdf@163.com.

Funding

Key Project of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province 2025YFHZ0205National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171829West China Hospital, Sichuan University ZYYC25010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fructose, a prevalent hexose, has become a widely used food additive, with its usage rising significantly because of socio-economic advancements and shifts in human dietary habits. Excessive fructose intake has been implicated in obesity, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndromes, inflammation, and cancer, among other disorders. This review discusses the absorption, distribution, and metabolism of fructose and the links between fructose metabolism and major metabolic pathways. The role of fructose in metabolic diseases, including metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperuricemia, is also highlighted. Furthermore, the role of fructose in the development of chronic inflammation, including gut inflammation, liver inflammation, and neuroinflammation, is discussed. Lastly, in the context of cancer development, this review summarizes the dual role of fructose in tumors, both pro- and anti-tumor effects. Future studies on the role of fructose in cancer should focus on the complexity of physiological and pathological conditions, such as the specific tumor microenvironment and metabolic status. Fructose has been shown to induce metabolic reprogramming of multiple immune cells and increase pro-inflammatory immune responses; therefore, inhibiting or promoting its metabolism may regulate immune responses. And targeting fructose metabolism may be a promising approach to treating metabolic diseases, inflammation, and cancer.

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FructoseInflammationMetabolic DiseasesNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansFructoseFructoseFructose metabolismGlycolysisInflammationTumor metabolism

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