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Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a KRAS-regulated metabolic pathway

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  • Jaekyoung Son

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

  • Costas A. Lyssiotis

    (Harvard Medical School
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Present address: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, USA.)

  • Haoqiang Ying

    (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Xiaoxu Wang

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

  • Sujun Hua

    (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Matteo Ligorio

    (Massachusetts General Hospital)

  • Rushika M. Perera

    (Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital)

  • Cristina R. Ferrone

    (Massachusetts General Hospital)

  • Edouard Mullarky

    (Harvard Medical School
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Present address: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, USA.)

  • Ng Shyh-Chang

    (Harvard Medical School
    Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Stem Cell Program, Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana Farber Cancer Institute)

  • Ya’an Kang

    (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Jason B. Fleming

    (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Nabeel Bardeesy

    (Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital)

  • John M. Asara

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

  • Marcia C. Haigis

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Ronald A. DePinho

    (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Lewis C. Cantley

    (Harvard Medical School
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Present address: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, USA.)

  • Alec C. Kimmelman

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

Abstract

Pancreatic cancers use a novel glutamine metabolism pathway, regulated by oncogenic KRAS, to maintain redox balance; these findings add to the understanding of the mechanisms by which oncogenic alterations reprogram cellular metabolism to promote tumour growth.

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  • Jaekyoung Son & Costas A. Lyssiotis & Haoqiang Ying & Xiaoxu Wang & Sujun Hua & Matteo Ligorio & Rushika M. Perera & Cristina R. Ferrone & Edouard Mullarky & Ng Shyh-Chang & Ya’an Kang & Jason B. Flem, 2013. "Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a KRAS-regulated metabolic pathway," Nature, Nature, vol. 496(7443), pages 101-105, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:496:y:2013:i:7443:d:10.1038_nature12040
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12040
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