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ArticleBiochemistry2018

The Proline Cycle As a Potential Cancer Therapy Target.

John J Tanner, Sarah-Maria Fendt, Donald F Becker

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Article in Biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

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110citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The Substrate Versatility of ΔMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  9. Measurement of δMetabolites · 2025
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  18. LysineFrontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2025
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  20. Targeting the glutamine-arginine-proline metabolism axis in cancer.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2024
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah-Maria FendtLaboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB Center for Cancer Biology , VIB , Herestraat 49 , 3000 Leuven , Belgium.
Donald F BeckerDepartment of Biochemistry, Redox Biology Center , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1350-7201
University of Missouri · USUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln · USVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology · BE

Funding

Substrate Channeling and Communication in Proline Metabolic EnzymesR01GM065546 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI Donald F Becker, JOHN J TANNER · 2002 to 2026
$5.0M
Spectroelectrochemistry of the Novel PutA FlavoproteinR01GM061068 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI BECKER, DONALD F · 2001 to 2015
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061068NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in how proline contributes to cancer biology is expanding because of the emerging role of a novel proline metabolic cycle in cancer cell survival, proliferation, and metastasis. Proline biosynthesis and degradation involve the shared intermediate Δ

Indexed as

AnimalsBiosynthetic PathwaysCell Proliferationdelta-1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate ReductaseHumansMolecular Docking SimulationNeoplasmsOxidation-ReductionProlineProline OxidasePyrroline Carboxylate Reductasesdelta-1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate ReductaseProlineProline OxidasePyrroline Carboxylate Reductases

Identifiers

PMID29648801
PMCPMC6026536
OpenAlexW2797927489

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