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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Mitochondria-targeted strategies in tumor immunity.

Xudong Cheng, Yian Wang, Bryon Johnson, Ming You

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 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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2 · The registry

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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

4 authors.

Xudong ChengDepartment of Pharmacy, Suzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, China.
Yian WangCenter for Cancer Prevention, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Bryon JohnsonDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.
Ming YouCenter for Cancer Prevention, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria, as regulators of cellular energy production and metabolism, play a crucial role in tumor growth and survival. Tumors are reprogrammed to accommodate rapid proliferation through the Warburg effect. This reprogramming leads to the accumulation of metabolites such as lactate and ketone bodies, thereby lowering the pH of the tumor microenvironment, inhibiting the activity of effector T cells and NK cells, while promoting the infiltration of regulatory T cells and MDSCs, forming an immunosuppressive microenvironment. ROS produced by mitochondria can affect immune cell function by modulating their signaling pathways. Mitochondria also release DAMPs, which activate the antigen-presenting capacity of dendritic cells and initiate anti-tumor immune responses. Currently, various methods have been employed, such as DLCs modifications and mitochondrial targeted delivery, which enable drugs to penetrate the lipid bilayer and enter the mitochondria, thereby helping to reduce immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. In this review, we will discuss the impact of mitochondria on tumor immunity, strategies to target tumor cell mitochondria, and progress on the discovery of mitochondria-targeted drugs to enhance tumor immunity, providing potential directions for developing new cancer therapeutic strategies.

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MitochondriaNeoplasmsAnimalsDendritic CellsHumansReactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor MicroenvironmentReactive Oxygen Speciescancerimmunotherapymitochondria targetedTMEtriphenylphosphonium

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