Search Results - "Ishak Gabra, Mari B."
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MiR-135 suppresses glycolysis and promotes pancreatic cancer cell adaptation to metabolic stress by targeting phosphofructokinase-1
Published in Nature communications (18-02-2019)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal human cancers. It thrives in a nutrient-poor environment; however, the mechanisms by which…”
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Dietary glutamine supplementation suppresses epigenetically-activated oncogenic pathways to inhibit melanoma tumour growth
Published in Nature communications (03-07-2020)“…Tumour cells adapt to nutrient deprivation in vivo, yet strategies targeting the nutrient poor microenvironment remain unexplored. In melanoma, tumour cells…”
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p53 Promotes Cancer Cell Adaptation to Glutamine Deprivation by Upregulating Slc7a3 to Increase Arginine Uptake
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (12-03-2019)“…Cancer cells heavily depend on the amino acid glutamine to meet the demands associated with growth and proliferation. Due to the rapid consumption of…”
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Glutamine deficiency induces DNA alkylation damage and sensitizes cancer cells to alkylating agents through inhibition of ALKBH enzymes
Published in PLoS biology (06-11-2017)“…Driven by oncogenic signaling, glutamine addiction exhibited by cancer cells often leads to severe glutamine depletion in solid tumors. Despite this…”
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Transcriptional diversity and bioenergetic shift in human breast cancer metastasis revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing
Published in Nature cell biology (01-03-2020)“…Although metastasis remains the cause of most cancer-related mortality, mechanisms governing seeding in distal tissues are poorly understood. Here, we…”
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α-Ketoglutarate attenuates Wnt signaling and drives differentiation in colorectal cancer
Published in Nature cancer (01-03-2020)“…Genetic-driven deregulation of the Wnt pathway is crucial but not sufficient for colorectal cancer (CRC) tumourigenesis. Here, we show that environmental…”
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IKKβ promotes metabolic adaptation to glutamine deprivation via phosphorylation and inhibition of PFKFB3
Published in Genes & development (15-08-2016)“…Glutamine is an essential nutrient for cancer cell survival and proliferation. Enhanced utilization of glutamine often depletes its local supply, yet how…”
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The B56α subunit of PP2A is necessary for mesenchymal stem cell commitment to adipocyte
Published in EMBO reports (04-08-2021)“…Adipose tissue plays a major role in maintaining organismal metabolic equilibrium. Control over the fate decision from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to…”
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IKKβ activates p53 to promote cancer cell adaptation to glutamine deprivation
Published in Oncogenesis (New York, NY) (26-11-2018)“…One of the hallmarks of cancer is the ability to reprogram cellular metabolism to increase the uptake of necessary nutrients such as glucose and glutamine…”
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Adaptations to Glutamine Deprivation in Cancer and Its Use as a Dietary Supplement in Cancer Therapeutics
Published 01-01-2019“…Tumors reprogram pathways of nutrient acquisition and metabolism to meet their bioenergetic needs and fast proliferation. Glutamine, a non-essential amino…”
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Bcl-2 inhibitor scaffolds that are preorganized along an axis of chirality; the effect of atropisomerism on protein binding
Published 01-01-2015“…Atropisomerism is a form of chirality that arises from hindered rotation around a bond resulting in rotational isomers that are non-superimposable mirror image…”
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