A Metabolic Bottleneck for Stem Cell Transformation.

Baksh, Sanjeethan C; Fuchs, Elaine · Cell · 2020

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Abstract

Although oncogenic mutations predispose tissue stem cells to tumor initiation, the rate-limiting processes for stem cell immortalization remain unknown. In this issue of Cell, Bonnay et al. identify enhanced electron transport chain activity as a critical determinant of this process, establishing metabolic reprogramming as limiting for tumor initiation.

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