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ArticleiScience2024

Enzymatic depletion of circulating glutamine is immunosuppressive in cancers.

Monish Kumar, Ankita Leekha, Suman Nandy, Rohan Kulkarni, Melisa Martinez-Paniagua, K M Samiur Rahman Sefat, Richard C Willson, Navin Varadarajan

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Metabolic Cross Talk in the Tumor Microenvironment.Cancer treatment and research · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Monish KumarWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Ankita LeekhaWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Suman NandyWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Rohan KulkarniWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Melisa Martinez-PaniaguaWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
K M Samiur Rahman SefatWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Richard C WillsonWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Navin VaradarajanWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.

Funding

Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Suzanne AW Fuqua · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
Identify the DNA Adduct and Associated Metabolic Alterations in Bladder Cancer of SmokersR01CA216426 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI EL-ZEIN, RANDA A, PUTLURI, NAGIREDDY · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Racial Disparity in Bladder Cancer and Identification of Altered Metabolism in African American Compare to European Bladder CancerR01CA220297 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI PUTLURI, NAGIREDDY · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
MusIC: A multi-scale technology for integrating dynamic cellular function and molecular profilesR01GM143243 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI VARADARAJAN, NAVIN · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NCI NIH HHS R01 CA216426NCI NIH HHS R01 CA220297NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although glutamine addiction in cancer cells is extensively reported, there is controversy on the impact of glutamine metabolism on the immune cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME). To address the role of extracellular glutamine, we enzymatically depleted circulating glutamine using PEGylated

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CancerImmunityMolecular biology

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PMID38770139
PMCPMC11103382

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