Blocking receptor in key hormone fires up enzyme to kill pancreatic cancer cells
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancer researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have shown, for the first time, that blocking a receptor of a key hormone in the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) reduces cancer cell growth by activating the enzyme AMPK to inhibit fatty acid synthase, the ingredients to support cell division.