2019年10月10日,紀念斯隆·凱特琳癌癥中心主席、美國科學院院士Craig B. Thompson教授帶領的團隊(一作為朱佳俊博士)在Cell Metabolism發表題為“Transsulfuration Activity Can Support Cell Growth upon Extracellular Cysteine Limitation”的長文,通過研究癌細胞中轉硫途徑的調控及其在維持半胱氨酸水平中的作用,揭示了增殖細胞能夠利用轉硫反應介導的半胱氨酸生物合成途徑來維持半胱氨酸的供應,并在細胞外半胱氨酸受限的腫瘤微環境中維持細胞的生長,這種半胱氨酸生物合成機制是腫瘤發生和發展過程中所必需的。
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