Lactate Wreaks Havoc on Tumor-Infiltrating T and NK Cells.

Scott, Kristen E N; Cleveland, John L · Cell Metab · 2016

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Abstract

Both cancer cells and activated T and NK immune cells display enhanced nutrient uptake and metabolism characteristic of the Warburg phenotype. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Brand et al. (2016) demonstrate that cancer cell LDHA-derived lactic acid selectively disables T and NK cell activation and tumor immune surveillance.

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