Pyruvate kinase M2: a potential target for regulating inflammation

Pyruvate kinase (PK) is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the last step of glycolysis. Of the four PK isoforms expressed in mammalian cells, PKM2 has generated the most interest due to its impact on changes in cellular metabolism observed in cancer as well as in activated immune cells. As our un...

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Main Authors: Jose Carlos eAlves-Filho, Eva M Palsson-McDermott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00145/full