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Hippo's Q for a big liver

The Hippo pathway is a key regulator of organ size that has also been implicated in tumorigenesis. Yap, one of the effectors of Hippo signalling, is now reported to support these functions by promoting glutamine synthesis.

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Figure 1: Outline of the core Hippo pathway signalling components.

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Anastasiou, D. Hippo's Q for a big liver. Nat Cell Biol 18, 835–837 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3391

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