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Metabolic syndromes and malignant transformation: where the twain shall meet.
Science translational medicine - 20 Oct 2010
Bhagwat Neha, Levine Ross L
Abstract excerpt
Recurrent somatic mutations in the isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and IDH2 genes that result in the accumulation of D-2-hydroxyglutarate (D-2-HG) have been identified in malignant gliomas and in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the function of this metabolite in normal and malignant tissues remains uncertain. A report in the current issue of Science describes a germline IDH2 mutation in a subset of...
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