Metabolomic reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment by dual arginase inhibitor OATD-02 boosts anticancer immunity

Metabolic reprogramming within the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a central role in cancer progression and immune evasion, with L-arginine metabolism emerging as a key regulatory axis. Arginase overexpression depletes intratumoral L-arginine, thus suppressing T-cell proliferation while fuelling...

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Hauptverfasser: Grzybowski, Marcin Mikołaj (VerfasserIn) , Uçal, Yasemin (VerfasserIn) , Muchowicz, Angelika (VerfasserIn) , Rejczak, Tomasz (VerfasserIn) , Kikulska, Agnieszka (VerfasserIn) , Głuchowska, Katarzyna Maria (VerfasserIn) , Szostakowska-Rodzoś, Małgorzata (VerfasserIn) , Zagożdżon, Agnieszka (VerfasserIn) , Bausbacher, Tobias (VerfasserIn) , Tkaczyk, Agnieszka (VerfasserIn) , Kulma, Magdalena (VerfasserIn) , Pomper, Paulina (VerfasserIn) , Mlącki, Michał (VerfasserIn) , Jagielski, Adam Konrad (VerfasserIn) , Błaszczyk, Roman (VerfasserIn) , Hopf, Carsten (VerfasserIn) , Zasłona, Zbigniew (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 28 May 2025
In: Scientific reports
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 15, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-03446-1
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-03446-1
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Verfasserangaben:Marcin Mikołaj Grzybowski, Yasemin Uçal, Angelika Muchowicz, Tomasz Rejczak, Agnieszka Kikulska, Katarzyna Maria Głuchowska, Małgorzata Szostakowska-Rodzoś, Agnieszka Zagożdżon, Tobias Bausbacher, Agnieszka Tkaczyk, Magdalena Kulma, Paulina Pomper, Michał Mlącki, Adam Konrad Jagielski, Roman Błaszczyk, Carsten Hopf & Zbigniew Zasłona

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