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Regulation of aerobic glycolysis to decelerate tumor proliferation by small molecule inhibitors targeting glucose transporters

  • Meng Gao 1,2,3 ,
  • Jian Huang 1,2,3 ,
  • Xin Jiang 2,3,4,5 ,
  • Yafei Yuan 2,3,4 ,
  • Huanhuan Pang 6 ,
  • Shuchen Luo 1,2,3 ,
  • Nan Wang 2,3,4 ,
  • Chengbo Yao 1,2,3 ,
  • Zuwan Lin 1,2,3 ,
  • Debing Pu 2,3,6 ,
  • Shuo Zhang 2,3,4 ,
  • Pengcheng Sun 2,3,4 ,
  • Zhuoyi Liu 1,2,3 ,
  • Yu Xiao 7 ,
  • Qian Wang 7 ,
  • Zeping Hu 6 ,
  • Hang Yin , 2,3,6
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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2. Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 4. State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 5. Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
  • 6. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 7. Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China

Published date: 15 Jun 2020

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Meng Gao , Jian Huang , Xin Jiang , Yafei Yuan , Huanhuan Pang , Shuchen Luo , Nan Wang , Chengbo Yao , Zuwan Lin , Debing Pu , Shuo Zhang , Pengcheng Sun , Zhuoyi Liu , Yu Xiao , Qian Wang , Zeping Hu , Hang Yin . Regulation of aerobic glycolysis to decelerate tumor proliferation by small molecule inhibitors targeting glucose transporters[J]. Protein & Cell, 2020 , 11(6) : 446 -451 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-020-00725-7

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