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Table 2 The role of itaconate and derivatives in cancer

From: Metabolite itaconate in host immunoregulation and defense

Disease

Model

Agents

Mechanisms

Role

Reference

Colorectal cancer

DSS-induce mice model

DI

Inflammatory cytokine

Antitumor effect

Wang et al.

Peritoneal tumors

Peritoneal tumors-bearing mice

IRG1 deletion

OXPHOS, ROS, MAPK

Prompt tumor growth

Weiss et al.

Glioma

Xenograft transplantation model

IRG1 knockdown

Cell cycle regulatory proteins

Prompt tumor growth

Pan et al.

Retinoblastoma

Xenograft mouse models

4-OI

Ferroptosis

Antitumor effect

Liu et al.

Thymic carcinoma

Cell line Ty82

DI

LDHA-mTOR axis

Antitumor effect

Hayashi et al.

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Diethylnitrosamine-induced HCC

DI

Mitochondrial apoptosis

Antitumor effect

Gautam et al.

Breast cancer

Allografted tumors

IRG1 deletion

CD8+ T cells

Prompt tumor growth

Zhao et al.