Journal
TRANSLATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages 5687-5699Publisher
AME PUBL CO
DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2020.02.39
Keywords
Aging; brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); cancer; environmental enrichment (EE); hypothalamic-sympathoneural-adipocyte axis (HSA axis)
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- NIH [CA163640, CA166590, AG041250]
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Social and environmental factors impact cancer and energy balance profoundly. Years ago, our lab established the existence of a novel brain-fat interaction we termed the hypothalamic-sympathoneural-adipocyte (HSA) axis, through which complex environmental stimuli provided by an enriched environment regulate body composition, energy balance, and development of cancer. We have spent a significant portion of the past decade to further characterize the broad health benefits of an enriched environment (for example, leanness, enhanced immune function, and cancer resistance), and to identify mediators in the brain and periphery along the HSA axis. This review summarizes our recent work regarding the interface between endocrinology, immunology, cancer biology, aging, and neuroscience. We will discuss the interplay between these systemic phenomena and how the HSA axis can be targeted for regulation of cancer and aging.
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