FEI CHU1, KAI TONG1, XIANG GU1, MEI BAO1, YANFEN CHEN1, BIN WANG2, YANHUA SHAO1, LING WEI1,*
Oncology Research, Vol.32, No.10, pp. 1661-1671, 2024, DOI:10.32604/or.2024.048287
- 18 September 2024
Abstract Glutamine is one of the most abundant non-essential amino acids in human plasma and plays a crucial role in many biological processes of the human body. Tumor cells take up a large amount of glutamine to meet their rapid proliferation requirements, which is supported by the upregulation of glutamine transporters. Targeted inhibition of glutamine transporters effectively inhibits cell growth and proliferation in tumors. Among all cancers, digestive system malignant tumors (DSMTs) have the highest incidence and mortality rates, and the current therapeutic strategies for DSMTs are mainly surgical resection and chemotherapy. Due to the relatively More >
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