Targeting PFKFB3 radiosensitizes cancer cells and suppresses homologous recombination

Targeting the glycolytic PFKFB3 enzyme is being studied as a therapeutic strategy against cancer. Here the authors identify PFKFB3 as being involved in homologous recombination (HR) repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and present a PFKFB3 inhibitor.

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Principais autores: Nina M. S. Gustafsson, Katarina Färnegårdh, Nadilly Bonagas, Anna Huguet Ninou, Petra Groth, Elisee Wiita, Mattias Jönsson, Kenth Hallberg, Jemina Lehto, Rosa Pennisi, Jessica Martinsson, Carina Norström, Jessica Hollers, Johan Schultz, Martin Andersson, Natalia Markova, Petra Marttila, Baek Kim, Martin Norin, Thomas Olin, Thomas Helleday
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Nature Portfolio 2018-09-01
coleção:Nature Communications
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06287-x