An Alternative Sugar Fuels AML.

Cairns, Rob A; Mak, Tak W

Cairns, Rob A; Mak, Tak W.

Afiliação

Cairns RA; The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada. Electronic address: robc@uhnres.utoronto.ca.
Mak TW; The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada. Electronic address: tmak@uhnresearch.ca.

Cancer Cell ; 30(5): 660-662, 2016 11 14.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27846386

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Although altered glucose metabolism is a well-studied feature of malignant cells, little is known about the direct metabolism of fructose. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Chen et al. report that AML cells consume fructose and use it to maintain viability, especially when glucose is scarce.

Assuntos

Frutose/metabolismo; Glucose/metabolismo; Humanos

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Frutose / Glucose Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

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