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TAp73 is a marker of glutamine addiction in medulloblastoma

ABSTRACT: Metabolically-targeted therapies hold the promise of offering an effective and less toxic treatment for tumours including medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumour of childhood. Current treatment relies on the sensitivity of these tumours to DNA damage that was discovered more than 50 years ago. Finding new tumour-specific susceptibilities to complement sensitivity to DNA damage is key to developing new more effective adjuvant therapies. The specific metabolic program of tumours is an attractive vulnerability, as restriction diet are low cost and easy to implement. Here, we present compelling pre-clinical evidence that glutamine restriction diet can be used as an adjuvant treatment for p73-expressing medulloblastoma.

ORGANISM(S): Human Homo Sapiens

TISSUE(S): Cells

DISEASE(S): Cancer

SUBMITTER: Silvia Marino

PROVIDER: ST000898 | MetabolomicsWorkbench | Thu Aug 24 00:00:00 BST 2017

REPOSITORIES: MetabolomicsWorkbench

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