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Comprehensive Analysis of Metabolic Isozyme Targets in Cancer
Marczyk M, Gunasekharan V, Casadevall D, Qing T, Foldi J, Sehgal R, Shan NL, Blenman KRM, O'Meara TA, Umlauf S, Surovtseva YV, Muthusamy V, Rinehart J, Perry RJ, Kibbey R, Hatzis C, Pusztai L. Comprehensive Analysis of Metabolic Isozyme Targets in Cancer. Cancer Research 2022, 82: 1698-1711. PMID: 35247885, PMCID: PMC10883296, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-3983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotential therapeutic targetAcetyl-CoA carboxylase 1Therapeutic targetCancer typesCell linesBreast cancer viabilityPatient-derived xenograftsNovel metabolic targetsCorresponding cell linesExpression patternsDrug treatmentMatching normal tissuesRelated commentaryTumor growthMalignant transformationSmall molecule inhibitionCancer viabilityCancer Cell Line EncyclopediaNormal tissuesMetabolic vulnerabilitiesCarboxylase 1Anticancer therapyCellular changesCell proliferationMetabolic reprogramming
2018
Participation of xCT in melanoma cell proliferation in vitro and tumorigenesis in vivo
Shin S, Jeong B, Wall B, Li J, Shan N, Wen Y, Goydos J, Chen S. Participation of xCT in melanoma cell proliferation in vitro and tumorigenesis in vivo. Oncogenesis 2018, 7: 86. PMID: 30425240, PMCID: PMC6234219, DOI: 10.1038/s41389-018-0098-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMelanoma cell proliferationCell proliferationXCT expressionPhase II clinical trialDose-dependent decreasePost-treatment specimensTumor biopsy samplesXenograft-bearing animalsMelanoma cell growthHuman melanoma cell linesHuman tumor biopsy samplesCultured human melanomaStable diseaseMelanoma cell linesAggressive tumorsCancer stageClinical trialsTumor biopsiesXenograft studiesRiluzoleBiopsy samplesMost melanomasHuman melanomaTumor progressionWestern immunoblot analysis