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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2025

Metabolic reprogramming in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: core pathways and targeted therapeutic strategies.

MingWei Zhan, BinBin Zhao, Haote Chen, Junjie Wu, Run Shi, Feng Gao, Lin Zhao, Jingyu Zhu

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

MingWei Zhan *Department of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.
BinBin Zhao *Department of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.
Haote Chen *Department of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.
Junjie Wu *Department of Urology, Jinling Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Run ShiDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Feng GaoDepartment of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.
Lin ZhaoDepartment of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.
Jingyu ZhuDepartment of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), rooted in VHL loss and dysregulated HIF signaling, is defined by a sweeping metabolic overhaul: intensified glycolysis, a "downshifted" TCA cycle, the buildup of lipid droplets and cholesteryl esters, and a pronounced dependence on glutamine and one-carbon metabolism-all tightly intertwined with an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Drawing on single-cell and spatial multi-omics, metabolomic and lipidomic profiling, and imaging-based evidence, this article maps the critical nodes of carbon, lipid, amino-acid, and one-carbon pathways, and their crosstalk with ferroptosis. It highlights how metabolic heterogeneity-exemplified by the DCCD spectrum-shapes prognosis and therapeutic response. The review further synthesizes how metabolic-immune coupling, including lipid metabolic rewiring in TAMs and MDSCs, and lactate/lipid stress in CD8

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belzutifanclear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)DCCDferroptosisglutamine metabolismimmunometabolismlipid droplets/PLIN2one-carbon metabolism

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PMCPMC12812396

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