Title : Amino Acid Uptake Measured by [18F]AFETP Increases in Response to Arginine Starvation in ASS1-Deficient Sarcomas.

Pub. Date : 2018

PMID : 29721066






3 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Rational: In a subset of cancers, arginine auxotrophy occurs due to the loss of expression of argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1). Arginine argininosuccinate synthase 1 Homo sapiens
2 Rational: In a subset of cancers, arginine auxotrophy occurs due to the loss of expression of argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1). Arginine argininosuccinate synthase 1 Homo sapiens
3 This loss of ASS1 expression makes cancers sensitive to arginine starvation that is induced by PEGylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG20). Arginine argininosuccinate synthase 1 Homo sapiens