| Literature DB >> 28422952 |
Mark R Sullivan1, Matthew G Vander Heiden1,2.
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The non-essential amino acids serine and glycine are critical for proliferative metabolism. A study in Nature now finds that dietary serine and glycine deprivation inhibits growth of some tumours. Whether this dietary intervention is effective depends on both the oncogenic context and tumour tissue of origin.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28422952 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3523
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Cell Biol ISSN: 1465-7392 Impact factor: 28.824