Tryptophan metabolism induced by TDO2 promotes prostatic cancer chemotherapy resistance in a AhR/c-Myc dependent manner

Abstract Background Tumor cells exhibit enhanced metabolism of nutrients to satisfy the demand of sustained proliferation in vivo. Seminal reports have presented evidence that tryptophan (Trp) metabolic reprogramming induced by aberrant indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenases could promote tumor development in...

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Main Authors: Fan Li, Zhenyu Zhao, Zongbiao Zhang, Yan Zhang, Wei Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08855-9