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Loss of neurofibromin induces inflammatory macrophage phenotypic switch and retinal neovascularization via GLUT1 activation.
Cell reports - 27 May 2025
Zaidi Yusra, Tritz Rebekah, Zaidi Nida, Nabi Faisal, Zaidi Syed Adeel H, Morsy Abdelhakim, Harris Valerie, Racine Rilee, Hudson Farlyn Z, Bordan Zsuzsanna, Kennard Simone, Batori Robert, Huo Yuqing, Csanyi Gabor, Belin de Chantemèle Eric J, Lei Kecheng, Boulis Nicholas M, Fulton David J, Khan Rizwan Hasan, Caldwell Ruth B, Stansfield Brian K
Abstract excerpt
Persons with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) exhibit enhanced glucose metabolism, which is replicated in Nf1-mutant mice. Inflammatory macrophages invest NF1-associated tumors, and targeting macrophages appears efficacious in NF1 models. Inflammatory macrophages rely on glycolysis to generate ATP; thus, identifying whether neurofibromin, the protein encoded by NF1, controls glucose metabolism in macrophages is...
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