Amino Acid Transporters as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid cancer cells have a high amino acid demand for proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. Amino acids are taken up by thyroid cancer cells, both thyroid follicular cell and thyroid parafollicular cells (commonly called “C-cells”), via amino acid transporters. Amino acid transporters up-regulat...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Enomoto, Muneki Hotomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academya Publishing Co. 2020-06-01
Series:Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.e-enm.org/upload/pdf/EnM-2020-35-2-227.pdf