Lkb1 deficiency confers glutamine dependency in polycystic kidney disease

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is characterized by the formation of large fluid-filled cysts. Here Flowers and colleagues show that loss of Lkb1, downregulated in PKD, renders kidney cells dependent on glutamine for growth, and suggest that inhibition of glutamine metabolism may prevent cyst develo...

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Auteurs principaux: Ebony M. Flowers, Jessica Sudderth, Lauren Zacharias, Glenda Mernaugh, Roy Zent, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Thomas J. Carroll
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/2bb7dc69954d4d07aea6f8ecaf917710
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