RefEx, a reference gene expression dataset as a web tool for the functional analysis of genes

H Ono, O Ogasawara, K Okubo, H Bono - Scientific data, 2017 - nature.com
Gene expression data are exponentially accumulating; thus, the functional annotation of
such sequence data from metadata is urgently required. However, life scientists have …

Wild-type IDH enzymes as actionable targets for cancer therapy

E Bergaggio, R Piva - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Isocitrate dehydrogenases (IDHs) are enzymes that catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation
of isocitrate, producing α-ketoglutarate (αKG) and CO2. The discovery of IDH1 and IDH2 …

Hypoxic signalling in tumour stroma

A Laitala, JT Erler - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Hypoxia is a common feature in solid tumors and is associated with cancer progression. The
main regulators of the hypoxic response are hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs) …

Single muscle fiber proteomics reveals distinct protein changes in slow and fast fibers during muscle atrophy

F Lang, S Khaghani, C Türk… - Journal of proteome …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Skeletal muscles are composed of heterogeneous collections of fibers with different
metabolic profiles. With varied neuronal innervation and fiber-type compositions, each …

Cholesterol as an endogenous ligand of ERRα promotes ERRα-mediated cellular proliferation and metabolic target gene expression in breast cancer cells

F Ghanbari, S Mader, A Philip - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer-related death among women. Increased
risk of breast cancer has been associated with high dietary cholesterol intake. However, the …

Oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate regulates anti-tumor immunity

M Cai, J Zhao, Q Ding, J Wei - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract" Oncometabolite" 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) is an aberrant metabolite found in
tumor cells, exerting a pivotal influence on tumor progression. Recent studies have unveiled …

Natural products-prompted chemical biology: phenotypic screening and a new platform for target identification

H Kakeya - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1993 to 2016 The exploitation of small molecules from natural sources, such as
microbial metabolites, has contributed to the discovery of not only new drugs but also new …

[HTML][HTML] Isocitrate dehydrogenase 3A, a rate-limiting enzyme of the TCA cycle, promotes hepatocellular carcinoma migration and invasion through regulation of MTA1 …

X Liu, Y Qiao, X Ting, W Si - American journal of cancer research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The precise molecular mechanism of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains ambiguous.
Isocitrate dehydrogenase 3A (IDH3A) is known as a subunit of the IDH3 heterotetramer. To …

Identification of a mitochondria-related gene signature to predict the prognosis in AML

N Jiang, X Zhang, Q Chen, F Kantawong, S Wan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria-related metabolic reprogramming plays a major role in the occurrence,
development, drug resistance, and recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However …

Shikonin differentially regulates glucose metabolism via PKM2 and HIF1α to overcome apoptosis in a refractory HCC cell line

W Yang, J Liu, L Hou, Q Chen, Y Liu - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims In tumor cells, shikonin treatment has been reported to inhibit glycolysis by
suppressing the activity of pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) and to induce apoptosis by …