Pyruvate Kinase M2 Coordinates Metabolism Switch between Glycolysis and Glutaminolysis in Cancer Cells

Summary: Cancer cells alter their nutrition metabolism to cope the stressful environment. One important metabolism adjustment is that cancer cells activate glutaminolysis in response to the reduced carbon from glucose entering into the TCA cycle due to inactivation of several enzymes in glycolysis....

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Main Authors: Liangwei Li, Guangda Peng, Xiaowei Liu, Yinwei Zhang, Hongwei Han, Zhi-Ren Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220308762