Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Complex Metabolic Ecosystem with Glycolytic Reprogramming of the Tumor Microenvironment

Twenty percent of patients with classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL) have aggressive disease defined as relapsed or refractory disease to initial therapy. At present we cannot identify these patients pre-treatment. The microenvironment is very important in cHL since non-cancer cells constitute the majority of the cells in these tumors. Non-cancer intra-tumoral cells such as tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) have been shown to promote tumor growth in cHL via crosstalk with the cancer cells. Metabolic heterogeneity is defined as high mitochondrial metabolism in some tumor cells and glycolysis in others.

Source: Seminars in Oncology - October 10, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lekha Mikkilineni, Diana Whitaker-Menezes, Marina Domingo-Vidal, John Sprandio, Paola Avena, Paolo Cotzia, Alina Dulau-Florea, Jerald Gong, Guldeep Uppal, Tingting Zhan, Benjamin Leiby, Zhao Lin, Barbara Pro, Federica Sotgia, Michael P. Lisanti, Ubaldo Ma Source Type: research