Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31162937›Full record

ReviewCritical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology2019

Determinants of nutrient limitation in cancer.

Mark R Sullivan, Matthew G Vander Heiden

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Review in Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark R SullivanKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA , USA.
Matthew G Vander HeidenKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA , USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
Understanding the role of metabolism in cancerR35CA242379 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VANDER HEIDEN, MATTHEW G. · 2019 to 2025
$5.8M
Analysis of cancer cell metabolism in diverse environmental conditionsR01CA201276 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI VANDER HEIDEN, MATTHEW G., VITKUP, DENNIS · 2016 to 2020
$3.0M
Regulation of glucose metabolism to allow tumor initiation and growthR01CA168653 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VANDER HEIDEN, MATTHEW G. · 2013 to 2019
$1.9M
Understanding the role of serine metabolism in cancerR21CA198028 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VANDER HEIDEN, MATTHEW G. · 2015 to 2016
$371k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS R01 CA168653NCI NIH HHS R01 CA201276NCI NIH HHS R21 CA198028NCI NIH HHS R35 CA242379NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferation requires that cells accumulate sufficient biomass to grow and divide. Cancer cells within tumors must acquire a variety of nutrients, and tumor growth slows or stops if necessary metabolites are not obtained in sufficient quantities. Importantly, the metabolic demands of cancer cells can be different from those of untransformed cells, and nutrient accessibility in tumors is different than in many normal tissues. Thus, cancer cell survival and proliferation may be limited by different metabolic factors than those that are necessary to maintain noncancerous cells. Understanding the variables that dictate which nutrients are critical to sustain tumor growth may identify vulnerabilities that could be used to treat cancer. This review examines the various cell-autonomous, local, and systemic factors that determine which nutrients are limiting for tumor growth.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell ProliferationDisease ProgressionHumansMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMutationNeoplasmsNutrientsNutritional RequirementsTumor MicroenvironmentNutrientsCancercollateral lethalitymetabolismnutrient limitationtumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID31162937
PMCPMC6715536
OpenAlexW2948764282

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