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Loss of BRCA1 in the Cells of Origin of Ovarian Cancer Induces Glycolysis: A Window of Opportunity for Ovarian Cancer Chemoprevention.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Apr 2017
Chiyoda Tatsuyuki, Hart Peter C, Eckert Mark A, McGregor Stephanie M, Lastra Ricardo R, Hamamoto Ryuji, Nakamura Yusuke, Yamada S Diane, Olopade Olufunmilayo I, Lengyel Ernst, Romero Iris L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) are associated with an increased risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancer. However, beyond the role of BRCA1 in DNA repair, little is known about other mechanisms by which BRCA1 impairment promotes carcinogenesis. Given that altered metabolism is now recognized as important in the initiation and progression of cancer, we asked whether the loss of...
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