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ArticleScientific reports2020

Characterization of dysregulated glutamine metabolism in human glioma tissue with

Selin Ekici, Benjamin B Risk, Stewart G Neill, Hui-Kuo Shu, Candace C Fleischer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Selin EkiciDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Benjamin B RiskDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Stewart G NeillDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Hui-Kuo ShuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Candace C FleischerDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. candace.fleischer@emory.edu.
Emory University · USThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering · US

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA138292 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Suresh S Ramalingam · 2009 to 2026
$47.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gliomas are one of the most common types of brain tumors. Given low survival and high treatment resistance rates, particularly for high grade gliomas, there is a need for specific biomarkers that can be used to stratify patients for therapy and monitor treatment response. Recent work has demonstrated that metabolic reprogramming, often mediated by inflammation, can lead to an upregulation of glutamine as an energy source for cancer cells. As a result, glutamine pathways are an emerging pharmacologic target. The goal of this pilot study was to characterize changes in glutamine metabolism and inflammation in human glioma samples and explore the use of glutamine as a potential biomarker.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsDisease ProgressionFemaleGliomaGlutamineHumansInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-8Middle AgedNeoplasm GradingPilot ProjectsPrincipal Component AnalysisProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyBiomarkers, TumorCXCL8 protein, humanGlutamineIL1B protein, humanInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-8

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PMID33235296
PMCPMC7686482
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