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- Title
Dealing with hunger: Metabolic stress responses in tumors.
- Authors
Reid, Michael A.; Mei Kong
- Abstract
Increased nutrient uptake and usage is a hallmark of many human malignancies. During the course of tumorigenesis, cancer cells often outstrip their local nutrient supply leading to periods of nutrient deprivation. Interestingly, cancer cells often develop strategies to adapt and survive these challenging conditions. Accordingly, understanding these processes is critical for developing therapies that target cancer metabolism. Exciting new progress has been made in elucidating the mechanisms used by cancer cells under nutrient restricted conditions. In this review, we highlight recent studies that have brought insight into how cancer cells deal with low nutrient environments.
- Subjects
CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER cell adaptation; CELL metabolism; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; CYCLIC-AMP-dependent protein kinase; CANCER research; ONCOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Carcinogenesis, 2012, p1
- ISSN
0974-6773
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/1477-3163.119111