Tumours rely on external amino acids (AA) uptake to maintain their exacerbated metabolism and proliferation. To optimize AA uptake, tumors overexpress key carriers such as the multifunctional CD98/LAT 1 heterodimer. CD98 (SLC3A2) acts as a co-receptor of β integrins and enhances signaling that promotes cellular migration and invasion. LAT1...
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December 17, 2019 (v1)Journal article
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August 20, 2015 (v1)Journal article
Metastatic renal cell carcinomas (mRCC) are highly vascularized tumors that are a paradigm for the treatment with antiangiogenesis drugs targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway. The available drugs increase the time to progression but are not curative and the patients eventually relapse. In this study we have focused our...
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