๐๐น๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ Although we have come a far way from the accidental finding of therapeutic targets that have marked major breakthroughs in the early 20th century. However, for many drugs, it is much less clear how they work than the known/assumed mechanism of action would suggest. Here, a French group investigates how inhibition of a protein arginine methyltransferase exerts anticancer effects in soft tissue sarcoma: https://lnkd.in/e3eSuwvu. As the authors show, alterations in glycolysis and related pathways are a key mechanism of action. Full citation: Stรฉphanie Verbeke, Aurรฉlien Bourdon, Jean-Philippe Guรฉgan, Laura Leroy, Vanessa Chaire, รlodie Richard, Alban Bessede, Italiano Antoine; Antitumor Effects of PRMT5 Inhibition in Sarcomas. Cancer Research Communications 2 November 2023; 3 (11): 2211โ2220. https://lnkd.in/eu8HjnFd #science #metabolism #pharmacology #precisionmedicine #oncology
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