The studies not only point to the future possibility of specific microRNAs as a treatment for colorectal cancer, but also to the importance of external metabolic events conducted outside the cancer cell in the progression of the disease — factors that could someday be targeted to help slow metastasis, or even block it entirely. (sciencedaily.com)
Because ITCs are able to help inactivate certain metabolic events in cancer cells (for example, Akt phosphorylation), they may be able to sensitize cancer cells and make them more responsive to chemotherapeutic drugs. (whfoods.org)
These results provide also new insights for the understanding of metabolic events that contribute to the formation of LKB1 - deficient malignancies. (inmg.fr)