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Multiple metabolic alterations exist in mutant PI3K cancers, but only glucose is essential as a nutrient source.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Foster Rebecca, Griffin Sue, Grooby Suzanne, Feltell Ruth, Christopherson Cindy, Chang Monica, Sninsky John, Kwok Shirley, Torrance Chris
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Targeting tumour metabolism is becoming a major new area of pharmaceutical endeavour. Consequently, a systematic search to define whether there are specific energy source dependencies in tumours, and how these might be dictated by upstream driving genetic mutations, is required. The PI3K-AKT-mTOR signalling pathway has a seminal role in regulating diverse cellular processes including cell proliferation and...
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