Can tumor cells take it all away?

Tumor cells utilize glucose to engage in aerobic glycolysis, fulfilling their metabolic demands for extensive proliferation. A recent study in Nature discovers that tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells exhibit a superior glucose uptake capacity over tumor cells, which present enhanced glutamine metabolism, suggesting that nutrient partitioning in the TME might be more complex than previously thought.

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The study found that tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells have a higher glucose uptake capacity than tumor cells, while tumor cells exhibit enhanced glutamine metabolism, suggesting that nutrient partitioning in the tumor microenvironment may be more complex than previously thought.