Visualization of endogenous p27 and Ki67 reveals the importance of a c-Myc-driven metabolic switch in promoting survival of quiescent cancer cells

Ting La, Song Chen, Tao Guo, Teng Liu, Dandan Li, Michael Carnell, Yuan Yuan Zhang, Yuchen Feng, Nicole Cole, Alexandra C. Brown,

Theranostics · 2021 · 37 citations · 53 references

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These results establish a rigorous experimental system for investigating cellular quiescence, uncover the high selectivity of c-Myc in activating OXPHOS genes in quiescent cells, and propose OXPHOS targeting as a potential therapeutic avenue to counter cancer cells in quiescence.

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