Inhibition of GCN2 sensitizes ASNS-low cancer cells to asparaginase by disrupting the amino acid response

A Nakamura, T Nambu, S Ebara… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
General control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) plays a major role in the cellular response to
amino acid limitation. Although maintenance of amino acid homeostasis is critical for tumor …

A Novel l-Asparaginase with low l-Glutaminase Coactivity Is Highly Efficacious against Both T- and B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias In Vivo

HA Nguyen, Y Su, JY Zhang, A Antanasijevic… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of pediatric cancer, although
about 4 of every 10 cases occur in adults. The enzyme drug l-asparaginase serves as a …

Systematic review of pharmacogenomics and adverse drug reactions in paediatric oncology patients

R Conyers, S Devaraja, D Elliott - Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many paediatric patients with cancer experience significant chemotherapy side effects.
Predisposition to drug reactions is governed by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) …

Data integration for functional annotation of regulatory single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with Alzheimer's disease susceptibility

S Amber, S Zahid - Gene, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia affects 24.3
million people worldwide. More than twenty genetic loci have been associated with AD and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of the effect of atorvastatin and fenofibrate on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in patients with type 2 diabetes

M Najafipour, M Zareizadeh, MA Khokhi… - Journal of Advanced …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Diabetes is the most common metabolic disease. Type 2 diabetes is a variable combination
of insulin resistance and disorder in insulin secretion, leading to disorder of lipids and …