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Energy sensing and cancer: LKB1 function and lessons learnt from Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Apr 2016
Shorning Boris Y, Clarke Alan R
Abstract excerpt
We describe in this review increasing evidence that loss of LKB1 kinase in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) derails the existing natural balance between cell survival and tumour growth suppression. LKB1 deletion can plunge cells into an energy/oxidative stress-induced crisis which leads to the activation of alternative and often carcinogenic pathways to maintain cellular energy levels. It therefore appears that...
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