Tag: Glutaminase Inhibitor

Link Between Driver of Ovarian Cancer and Metabolism Opens Up New Therapeutic Strategies

January 11, 2021 3:00 pm

Loss of ARID1A causes increased glutamine metabolism, which can be blocked pharmacologically to target ARID1A-mutant tumors.

Mutations that inactivate the ARID1A gene in ovarian cancer increase utilization of the glutamine amino acid making cancer cells dependent on glutamine metabolism, according … Read more

MD Anderson, Ipsen Advance New Therapy With Potential Benefit for Underserved Lung and Ovarian Cancer Patients

April 26, 2020 10:30 am

In a first-time disclosure of IPN60090, a small-molecule inhibitor of the metabolic enzyme glutaminase (GLS1), researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Therapeutics Discovery division and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals reported the preclinical discovery and early-stage clinical development … Read more