Potential role of NDRG2 in reprogramming cancer metabolism and epithelial -to-mesenchymal transition.

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Potential role of NDRG2 in reprogramming cancer metabolism and epithelial -to-mesenchymal transition.

Histol Histopathol. 2017 Dec 29;:11957

Authors: Chen XL, Lei L, Hong LL, Ling LL

Abstract
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) allows a cell with epithelial characteristics to transdifferentiate into a cell with mesenchymal characteristics, which is recognized as a key priming event for the initiation and evolvement of cancer metastasis. Accumulating data have shown that aberrant cancer metabolism contributes to the execution of EMT and cancer metastasis through multiple pathological pathways. Recently, the N-MYC downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2), as a tumor suppressor and metabolism-related gene in various cancers, has been widely noted. NDGR2 is associated with energy metabolism, especially glycose metabolism. Hence, we propose a hypothesis that EMT is repressed by NDRG2 via cancer metabolic reprogramming, and summarize the pathological processes and molecular pathways related to the regulation of NDRG2.

PMID: 29285747 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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