Glutamine Synthetase Promotes Radiation Resistance via Facilitating Nucleotide Metabolism and Subsequent DNA Damage Repair

Summary: Radiation resistance is a critical problem in radiotherapy for cancer. Radiation kills tumor cells mainly through causing DNA damage. Thus, efficiency of DNA damage repair is one of the most important factors that limits radiotherapy efficacy. Glutamine physiologically functions to generate...

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Main Authors: Shujun Fu, Zhi Li, Lanbo Xiao, Wenfeng Hu, Lu Zhang, Bowen Xie, Qin Zhou, Junju He, Yanfang Qiu, Ming Wen, Yanni Peng, Jie Gao, Rong Tan, Yuezhen Deng, Liang Weng, Lun-Quan Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719308861