Can small molecular inhibitors that stop de novo serine synthesis be used in cancer treatment?

Abstract To sustain their malignancy, tumour cells acquire several metabolic adaptations such as increased oxygen, glucose, glutamine, and lipids uptake. Other metabolic processes are also enhanced as part of tumour metabolic reprogramming, for example, increased serine metabolism. Serine is a non-e...

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Main Authors: Megan Jessica McNamee, David Michod, Maria Victoria Niklison-Chirou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Cell Death Discovery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-021-00474-4