NFS1 undergoes positive selection in lung tumours and protects cells from ferroptosis

Autor: Alvarez, Samantha W., Sviderskiy, Vladislav O., Terzi, Erdem M., Papagiannakopoulos, Thales, Moreira, Andre L., Adams, Sylvia, Sabatini, David M., Birsoy, Kıvanç, Possemato, Richard
Zdroj: Nature; November 2017, Vol. 551 Issue: 7682 p639-643, 5p
Abstrakt: Cancers growing in high-oxygen environments, such as lung adenocarcinomas, select for the iron–sulfur cluster synthesizing enzyme NFS1 to support malignant proliferation and to protect from oxidative damage.
Databáze: Supplemental Index