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ReviewTrends in cell biology2020

Nitrogen Metabolism in Cancer and Immunity.

Kiran Kurmi, Marcia C Haigis

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 150 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kiran KurmiDepartment of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Ludwig Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Marcia C HaigisDepartment of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Ludwig Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: Marcia_Haigis@hms.harvard.edu.
Boston VA Research Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of Nutrient sensing in cancerR01CA213062 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI HAIGIS, MARCIA · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA213062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As one of the fundamental requirements for cell growth and proliferation, nitrogen acquisition and utilization must be tightly regulated. Nitrogen can be generated from amino acids (AAs) and utilized for biosynthetic processes through transamination and deamination reactions. Importantly, limitations of nitrogen availability in cells can disrupt the synthesis of proteins, nucleic acids, and other important nitrogen-containing compounds. Rewiring cellular metabolism to support anabolic processes is a feature common to both cancer and proliferating immune cells. In this review, we discuss how nitrogen is utilized in biosynthetic pathways and highlight different metabolic and oncogenic programs that alter the flow of nitrogen to sustain biomass production and growth, an important emerging feature of cancer and immune cell proliferation.

Indexed as

ImmunityAnimalsHumansNeoplasmsNitrogenPurinesPyrimidinesTumor MicroenvironmentNitrogenPurinesPyrimidinesammoniacancer cellsnitrogen metabolismnon-essential amino acidsT cellstransaminasestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32302552
PMCPMC7386658
OpenAlexW3011859953

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