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Targeting CPT1A enhances metabolic therapy in human melanoma cells with the BRAF V600E mutation.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 1 Dec 2016
Sung Gi-Jun, Choi Hyo-Kyoung, Kwak Sungmin, Song Ji-Hye, Ko Hyeonseok, Yoon Ho-Geun, Kang Hee-Bum, Choi Kyung-Chul
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Cancer cells are characterized by altered metabolic processes. Recent evidence of metabolic alterations has indicated that the fatty acid oxidation (FAO) pathway is used as a carbon source for anabolic processes in some tumors, thus making this pathway a potential target for therapy. The carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT; EC 2.3.1.21) enzyme transfers long-chain fatty acids from the cytosol to the mitochondrial...
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