Iron promotes glycolysis to drive colon tumorigenesis
Liu Z, Villareal L, Goodla L, Kim H, Falcon D, Haneef M, Martin D, Zhang L, Lee H, Kremer D, Lyssiotis C, Shah Y, Lin H, Lin H, Xue X. Iron promotes glycolysis to drive colon tumorigenesis. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis Of Disease 2023, 1869: 166846. PMID: 37579983, PMCID: PMC10530594, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166846.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose transporter 1Colorectal cancerColon tumorigenesisIron treatmentProgression of CRCCancer-related deathColon tumor growthCommon cancerGlucose levelsColon carcinogenesisGlucose metabolismTumor growthPharmacological inhibitionIntracellular glucose levelsTumor cellsTransporter 1Iron levelsTumor formationAerobic glycolysisPyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 3Excess ironCancerTreatmentGlycolytic productsTricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates