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Clues from cell metabolism

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Interest in the abnormal metabolism exhibited by cancer cells has been reawakened by the discovery of oncogenic mutations in metabolic enzymes, and by tools that monitor metabolism in living cells. Existing and emerging therapies aim to target this abnormal metabolism in various ways.

What is cell metabolism?

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Figure 1: Biochemistry of cancer-cell metabolism.
Figure 2: Regulation of HIF function.

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  1. William G. Kaelin Jr is at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. william_kaelin@dfci.harvard.edu; ,

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  2. Craig B. Thompson is at the Abramson Cancer Center and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. craig@exchange.upenn.edu ,

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W.G.K. is a consultant to FibroGen Pharmaceuticals and to Agios Pharmaceuticals. C.B.T. is a founder and chair of the advisory board of Agios Pharmaceuticals.

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Kaelin, W., Thompson, C. Clues from cell metabolism. Nature 465, 562–564 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465562a

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