Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2018.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2018; 24(31): 3500-3512
Published online Aug 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i31.3500
Figure 2
Figure 2 Metabolites in the tumor microenvironment affect the anti-/pro-tumoral functions of immune cells. Energy resources including glucose, glutamine, free fatty acids, and other metabolites such as succinate largely alter the functions of macrophages, neutrophils, and T cells. These metabolically reprogrammed immune cells then have a differed influence on the liver cancer cells compared to the original immune cells. FAO: Fatty acid oxidation.