Depleted Metabolic Enzymes Promote Tumor Growth in Kidney Cancer
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaBy integrating data on the function of essential metabolic enzymes with genetic, protein, and metabolic abnormalities associated with “clear cell” renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), researchers have determined that enzymes important in multiple pathways are universally depleted in ccRCC tumors.