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ArticleJournal of Cancer2015

Could GLUT12 be a Potential Therapeutic Target in Cancer Treatment? A Preliminary Report.

Jonai Pujol-Gimenez, Fátima Pérez de Heredia, Miguel Angel Idoate, Rachel Airley, María Pilar Lostao, Andrew Robert Evans

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonai Pujol-Gimenez1. Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, School of Pharmacy, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Fátima Pérez de Heredia2. School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Miguel Angel Idoate3. Department of Pathology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Av. Pío XII 36, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Rachel Airley4. School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
María Pilar Lostao1. Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, School of Pharmacy, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Andrew Robert Evans5. School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
University of Huddersfield · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent studies proposed GLUT12 to be a major glucose transporter involved in the glycolytic metabolism of cancer cells.

methodsGLUT12 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry in a selection of cancer cell lines and a tumour spheroid model.

resultsGLUT12 expression was high in A549 and RH-36; low in HT29; and absent in NB-EB cancer cell lines. GLUT12 expression was located in the necrotic centre of HT29 spheroids, which is characterised by anaerobic metabolism.

conclusionThe data supports the involvement of GLUT12 in the glycolytic metabolism of cancer cells and therefore, its potential as a novel therapeutic target for cancer treatment.

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Cancer cell linesGLUT12Glycolytic metabolism.ImmunohistochemistrySpheroid

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PMID25561978
PMCPMC4280396
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