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β-hydroxybutyrate, a ketone body, suppresses tumor growth, stemness, and invasive phenotypes in non-small cell lung cancer.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Dec 2025
Huang Yunlong, Ding Jiaxuan, Zhu Yufeng, Shi Jin, Liu Rong, Wu Chunmei, Han Liangfu, Zhang Mingfeng
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. The stemness and metastasis of tumor cells present major challenges to effective lung cancer treatment. Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), a ketone body, plays a key role in various cancers. However, whether BHB mediates the progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. The effects of BHB on the proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis of NSCLC cells...
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