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Nutrient sensor O-GlcNAc transferase regulates breast cancer tumorigenesis through targeting of the oncogenic transcription factor FoxM1.
Oncogene - 13 May 2010
Caldwell S A, Jackson S R, Shahriari K S, Lynch T P, Sethi G, Walker S, Vosseller K, Reginato M J
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells upregulate glycolysis, increasing glucose uptake to meet energy needs. A small fraction of a cell's glucose enters the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP), which regulates levels of O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), a carbohydrate posttranslational modification of diver...
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