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ReviewBiomarker research2025

Lactate and lactylation: molecular insights into histone and non-histone lactylation in tumor progression, tumor immune microenvironment, and therapeutic strategies.

Shuying Xiao, Suhang Zhang, Kai Sun, Qibo Huang, Qilin Li, Chuanyu Hu

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Review in Biomarker research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shuying Xiao *Department of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Suhang Zhang *Department of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Kai SunDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Qibo HuangHepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Qilin LiDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. qilinli@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.
Chuanyu HuDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. chuanyuhu@hust.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 8247114992Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2023AFB703Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2024AFB053Young Fund Cultivation Project at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2023B16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investigating cancer metabolism is of paramount importance for understanding tumor biology and developing novel therapeutic strategies. Lactylation, a posttranslational modification facilitated by the glycolytic product lactate, plays a crucial role in regulating oncogenic signalling pathways. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of lactate metabolism, including its biosynthesis, compartmentalized transport, enzymatic network and structural features of lactate dehydrogenases, transporters, lactyltransferases and deacetylases. These enzymes contribute to malignant tumor progression through metabolic reprogramming and modulation of the immune microenvironment. Importantly, we emphasize that integrating cancer subtype-specific lactylation profiles with core signatures reveals promising therapeutic opportunities for targeting lactate shuttles, histone, and nonhistone lactylation mechanisms, and transcriptional networks regulated by lactylation. In the present review, we highlight the significant potential of targeting glycolysis and lactylation modifications in tumors to improve the efficacy of cancer treatments.

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CancerImmunotherapyLactateLactylation

Identifiers

PMID41137039
PMCPMC12553170

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