The Function and Mechanism of OXCT1 in Tumor Progression as a Critical Ketone Body Metabolic Enzyme

Wen Qin1, Wenwei Hu1,2, Yiting Geng1

  • 1Department of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 185 Juqian Street, Changzhou 213003, China.

Biomolecules
|January 28, 2026
PubMed

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