La deleción específica de la isoforma PKM2 revela un requisito diferencial para la piruvato quinasa en las células

William J Israelsen1, Talya L Dayton, Shawn M Davidson

  • 1Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Cell
|October 15, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

La piruvato quinasa M2 (PKM2) no es esencial para el crecimiento tumoral. Su ausencia aceleró la formación de tumores, lo que indica que PKM2 regula las distintas necesidades metabólicas de las células cancerosas proliferantes frente a las no proliferantes.

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