Search Results - "Mullen, Peter J"
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rewires host cell metabolism and is potentially susceptible to mTORC1 inhibition
Published in Nature communications (25-03-2021)“…Viruses hijack host cell metabolism to acquire the building blocks required for replication. Understanding how SARS-CoV-2 alters host cell metabolism may lead…”
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An actionable sterol-regulated feedback loop modulates statin sensitivity in prostate cancer
Published in Molecular metabolism (Germany) (01-07-2019)“…The statin family of cholesterol-lowering drugs has been shown to induce tumor-specific apoptosis by inhibiting the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate…”
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The interplay between cell signalling and the mevalonate pathway in cancer
Published in Nature reviews. Cancer (01-11-2016)“…Key Points Mevalonate (MVA) pathway metabolites are essential for cancer cell survival and growth. Expression of the genes encoding MVA pathway enzymes is…”
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MYC Phosphorylation at Novel Regulatory Regions Suppresses Transforming Activity
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-11-2013)“…Despite its central role in human cancer, MYC deregulation is insufficient by itself to transform cells. Because inherent mechanisms of neoplastic control…”
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Asparagine couples mitochondrial respiration to ATF4 activity and tumor growth
Published in Cell metabolism (04-05-2021)“…Mitochondrial respiration is critical for cell proliferation. In addition to producing ATP, respiration generates biosynthetic precursors, such as aspartate,…”
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The aging tumor metabolic microenvironment
Published in Current opinion in biotechnology (01-12-2023)“…Despite the higher incidence of cancer with increasing age, few preclinical or clinical studies incorporate age. This, coupled with an aging world population,…”
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Methionine restriction forces Epstein-Barr virus out of latency
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Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Regulates Glucose Metabolism through TXNIP Destabilization
Published in Cell (20-09-2018)“…The metabolic state of a cell is influenced by cell-extrinsic factors, including nutrient availability and growth factor signaling. Here, we present…”
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MYC Interacts with the G9a Histone Methyltransferase to Drive Transcriptional Repression and Tumorigenesis
Published in Cancer cell (08-10-2018)“…MYC is an oncogenic driver that regulates transcriptional activation and repression. Surprisingly, mechanisms by which MYC promotes malignant transformation…”
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AML cells have low spare reserve capacity in their respiratory chain that renders them susceptible to oxidative metabolic stress
Published in Blood (26-03-2015)“…Mitochondrial respiration is a crucial component of cellular metabolism that can become dysregulated in cancer. Compared with normal hematopoietic cells, acute…”
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Statin-Induced Cancer Cell Death Can Be Mechanistically Uncoupled from Prenylation of RAS Family Proteins
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-03-2018)“…The statin family of drugs preferentially triggers tumor cell apoptosis by depleting mevalonate pathway metabolites farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) and…”
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Susceptibility to simvastatin-induced toxicity is partly determined by mitochondrial respiration and phosphorylation state of Akt
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-12-2011)“…Statins are widely used to prevent cardiovascular diseases. They are well-tolerated, with side-effects mainly seen in skeletal muscle. How these side-effects…”
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Immediate Utility of Two Approved Agents to Target Both the Metabolic Mevalonate Pathway and Its Restorative Feedback Loop
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-09-2014)“…New therapies are urgently needed for hematologic malignancies, especially in patients with relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and multiple myeloma. We…”
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Simvastatin induces mitochondrial dysfunction and increased atrogin-1 expression in H9c2 cardiomyocytes and mice in vivo
Published in Archives of toxicology (01-01-2016)“…Simvastatin is effective and well tolerated, with adverse reactions mainly affecting skeletal muscle. Important mechanisms for skeletal muscle toxicity include…”
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A pilot window-of-opportunity study of preoperative fluvastatin in localized prostate cancer
Published in Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (01-12-2020)“…Background Statins inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate pathway. Epidemiological and pre-clinical evidence support an…”
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The Metabolic Relationship Between Viral Infection and Cancer
Published in Annual review of cancer biology (11-04-2022)“…Viruses are fundamental tools in cancer research. They were used to discover the first oncogenes in the 1970s, and they are now being modified for use as…”
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Genome-wide RNAi analysis reveals that simultaneous inhibition of specific mevalonate pathway genes potentiates tumor cell death
Published in Oncotarget (29-09-2015)“…The mevalonate (MVA) pathway is often dysregulated or overexpressed in many cancers suggesting tumor dependency on this classic metabolic pathway. Statins,…”
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Identifying molecular features that distinguish fluvastatin-sensitive breast tumor cells
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (2014)“…Statins, routinely used to treat hypercholesterolemia, selectively induce apoptosis in some tumor cells by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway. Recent clinical…”
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Differential integrated stress response and asparagine production drive symbiosis and therapy resistance of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells
Published in Nature cancer (01-11-2022)“…The pancreatic tumor microenvironment drives deregulated nutrient availability. Accordingly, pancreatic cancer cells require metabolic adaptations to survive…”
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Largen: A Molecular Regulator of Mammalian Cell Size Control
Published in Molecular cell (20-03-2014)“…Little is known about how mammalian cells maintain cell size homeostasis. We conducted a novel genetic screen to identify cell-size-controlling genes and…”
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