GLUT1 inhibition blocks growth of RB1-positive triple negative breast cancer

Triple negative breast cancer is a deadly form of breast cancer with limited therapeutic options. Here the authors show the efficacy of GLUT1 pharmacological inhibition against a subset of tumors expressing RB1, thereby identifying RB1 protein level as a biomarker of sensitivity to anti-GLUT1 therap...

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Main Authors: Qin Wu, Wail ba-alawi, Genevieve Deblois, Jennifer Cruickshank, Shili Duan, Evelyne Lima-Fernandes, Jillian Haight, Seyed Ali Madani Tonekaboni, Anne-Marie Fortier, Hellen Kuasne, Trevor D. McKee, Hassan Mahmoud, Michelle Kushida, Sarina Cameron, Nergiz Dogan-Artun, WenJun Chen, Yan Nie, Lan Xin Zhang, Ravi N. Vellanki, Stanley Zhou, Panagiotis Prinos, Bradly G. Wouters, Peter B. Dirks, Susan J. Done, Morag Park, David W. Cescon, Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Mathieu Lupien, Cheryl H. Arrowsmith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18020-8