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Dichloroacetate as a novel pharmaceutical treatment for cancer-related fatigue in melanoma
Zhang X, Lee W, Leitner B, Zhu W, Fosam A, Li Z, Gaspar R, Halberstam A, Robles B, Rabinowitz J, Perry R. Dichloroacetate as a novel pharmaceutical treatment for cancer-related fatigue in melanoma. AJP Endocrinology And Metabolism 2023, 325: e363-e375. PMID: 37646579, PMCID: PMC10642987, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00105.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-related fatigueNovel pharmaceutical treatmentsPhysical functionPharmaceutical treatmentTumor growthCancer treatmentStandard cancer treatmentTumor-bearing miceLate-stage tumorsEffective pharmaceutical treatmentMurine cancer modelsNew metabolic targetsMultiple cancer typesAdjuvant therapyCommon complicationPatients' qualitySymptom managementClinical trialsMurine modelPotential therapyPharmaceutical therapySmall molecule inhibitorsCancer modelDCA treatmentLactate concentration
2018
Uncoupling Hepatic Oxidative Phosphorylation Reduces Tumor Growth in Two Murine Models of Colon Cancer
Wang Y, Nasiri AR, Damsky WE, Perry CJ, Zhang XM, Rabin-Court A, Pollak MN, Shulman GI, Perry RJ. Uncoupling Hepatic Oxidative Phosphorylation Reduces Tumor Growth in Two Murine Models of Colon Cancer. Cell Reports 2018, 24: 47-55. PMID: 29972790, PMCID: PMC6056247, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControlled-release mitochondrial protonophoreTumor growthGlucose uptakeDiet-induced obesityMurine colon cancer modelColon cancer modelHepatic energy metabolismColon cancer pathogenesisHormonal milieuPlasma insulinFed miceInsulin infusionMurine modelColon cancerCancer modelCancer pathogenesisOxidative phosphorylationNeoplastic growthMitochondrial protonophoreHepatic oxidative phosphorylationObesityUnderlying mechanismEnergy metabolismCancerInsulin