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ArticleMolecular cancer research : MCR2017

Metabolic Reprogramming by Folate Restriction Leads to a Less Aggressive Cancer Phenotype.

Zahra Ashkavand, Ciara O'Flanagan, Mirko Hennig, Xiuxia Du, Stephen D Hursting, Sergey A Krupenko

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Article in Molecular cancer research : MCR, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zahra AshkavandNutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Ciara O'FlanaganThe Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mirko HennigNutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Xiuxia DuThe Department of Bioinformatics & Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Stephen D HurstingNutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Sergey A KrupenkoNutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, North Carolina. sergey_krupenko@unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USDavid H. Murdock Research Institute · USUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Ian Michael Carroll · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
Higher Dietary Carbohydrates Detrimentally Impact Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer ChemoresistanceR35CA197627 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HURSTING, STEPHEN D · 2015 to 2021
$6.0M
MECHANISM OF ACTIONS OF A MAJOR FOLATE ENZYMER01DK054388 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI KRUPENKO, SERGEY A · 1998 to 2015
$4.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197627NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Folate coenzymes are involved in biochemical reactions of one-carbon transfer, and deficiency of this vitamin impairs cellular proliferation, migration, and survival in many cell types. Here, the effect of folate restriction on mammary cancer was evaluated using three distinct breast cancer subtypes differing in their aggressiveness and metastatic potential: noninvasive basal-like (E-Wnt), invasive but minimally metastatic claudin-low (M-Wnt), and highly metastatic claudin-low (metM-Wnt IMPLICATIONS: Metabolic reprogramming driven by folate restriction represents a therapeutic target for reducing the burden of breast cancer. Mol Cancer Res; 15(2); 189-200. ©2016 AACR.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell ProliferationCellular ReprogrammingFemaleFolic AcidFolic Acid DeficiencyHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, SCIDMice, TransgenicSignal TransductionFolic Acid

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PMID28108628
PMCPMC5373663
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