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Metabolic changes in triple negative breast cancer-focus on aerobic glycolysis

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Among breast cancer subtypes, the triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has the worst prognosis. In absence of any permitted targeted therapy, standard chemotherapy is the mainstay for TNBC treatment. Hence, there is a crucial need to identify potential druggable targets in TNBCs for its effective treatment. In recent times, metabolic reprogramming has emerged as cancer cells hallmark, wherein cancer cells display discrete metabolic phenotypes to fuel cell progression and metastasis. Altered glycolysis is one such phenotype, in which even in oxygen abundance majority of cancer cells harvest considerable amount of energy through elevated glycolytic-flux. In the present review, we attempt to summarize the role of key glycolytic enzymes i.e. HK, Hexokinase; PFK, Phosphofructokinase; PKM2, Pyruvate kinase isozyme type 2; and LDH, Lactate dehydrogenase in TNBCs, and possible therapeutic options presently available.

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    J. R. Dev Arundhathi, Ajay Gogia & Chandra Prakash Prasad

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Arundhathi, J.R.D., Mathur, S., Gogia, A. et al. Metabolic changes in triple negative breast cancer-focus on aerobic glycolysis. Mol Biol Rep 48, 4733–4745 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06414-w

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