Reprogramming glucose metabolism in cancer: Can it be exploited for cancer therapy?

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 635-649

  Hay, Nissim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; HEXOKINASE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME REGULATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS;

ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84988416810     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2016.77     Document Type: Review

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