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Targeting isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) in cancer.
Discovery medicine - 1 May 2016
Fujii Takeo, Khawaja Muhammad Rizwan, DiNardo Courtney D, Atkins Johnique T, Janku Filip
Abstract excerpt
Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) is an essential enzyme for cellular respiration in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Recurrent mutations in IDH1 or IDH2 are prevalent in several cancers including glioma, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), cholangiocarcinoma and chondrosarcoma. The mutated IDH1 and IDH2 proteins have a gain-of-function, neomorphic activity, catalyzing the reduction of α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) to...
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