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ReviewTrends in cancer2025

A hormetic response model for glutamine stress in cancer.

Shea F Grenier, Cosimo Commisso

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. ERM Inhibition Confers Ferroptosis Resistance through ROS-Induced NRF2 Signaling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shea F GrenierCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Cosimo CommissoCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: ccommisso@sbpdiscovery.org.

Funding

Regulation of Nutrient Stress-Induced Macropinocytosis in Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaR01CA207189 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI COMMISSO, COSIMO · 2016 to 2025
$4.7M
Regulation and Function of Stromal Macropinocytosis in Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaR01CA254806 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI COMMISSO, COSIMO · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Macropinocytosis Inhibition as a Glutamine Mimetic Sensitization Strategy in Pancreatic CancerR01CA272433 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI COSIMO COMMISSO · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207189NCI NIH HHS R01 CA254806NCI NIH HHS R01 CA272433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutamine metabolism supports the development and progression of many cancers and is considered a therapeutic target. Attempts to inhibit glutamine metabolism have resulted in limited success and have not translated into clinical benefit. The outcomes of these clinical studies, along with preclinical investigations, suggest that cellular stress responses to glutamine deprivation or targeting may be modeled as a biphasic hormetic response. By recognizing the multifaceted aspects of glutamine metabolism inhibition within a more comprehensive biological framework, the adoption of this model may guide future fundamental and translational studies. To achieve clinical efficacy, we posit that as a field we will need to anticipate the hormetic effects of glutamine stress and consider how best to co-target cancer cell adaptive mechanisms.

Indexed as

GlutamineHormesisNeoplasmsStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsHumansModels, BiologicalGlutaminecancerglutamine stresshormesismetabolismtargeted therapiestherapeutics

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PMID39681506
PMCPMC11903170

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