Volume 31, No 4, Apr 2021

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 31 Issue 4, April 2021: 381-382

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Nerves on tr[ac]k to support pancreatic cancer metabolism

Ruth A. White , Timothy C. Wang^*

Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA
Correspondence: Timothy C. Wang(tcw21@columbia.edu)

Nerve–cancer interactions modulate pancreatic cancer growth through direct effects on cancer cells and the microenvironment. New evidence now shows that nerves supply metabolic support to tumors by transporting amino acids to the nutrient-poor microenvironment.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-020-00462-w

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