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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Nitrogen Isotope Effects in Urea Metabolism: From Biochemistry to

Illa Tea, Guillaume Tcherkez

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Illa TeaUniversité Lyon 1, CNRS, ISA UMR 5280, 69100 Lyon, France.
Guillaume TcherkezDivision of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3339-956X

Funding

Institut National du Cancer INCa 2024-171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The urea cycle (UC) is usually described as the hepatic metabolic pathway responsible for ammonia detoxification, but its role extends far beyond nitrogen (N) elimination to include cellular biosynthesis and metabolic signalling. In cancer cells, the UC is reconfigured/reorchestrated to support high anabolic demand, often involving the dysregulation of key enzymes such as ASS1, ASL, OTC and CPS1. While these changes support biomass production and stress resistance, they also generate measurable biochemical signatures through kinetic and thermodynamic isotope effects (

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NeoplasmsNitrogen IsotopesUreaAnimalsHumansNitrogen IsotopesUrea15Ncancer metabolismisotope effectsnatural abundanceurea cycle

Identifiers

PMID42074106
PMCPMC13116166

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