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Editorial
. 2019 Aug;8(4):401-403.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.03.18.

Autophagy elicits a novel and prospect strategy to starve arginine-dependent tumors

Siyu Lei  1 , Rui Fei  1 , Liancheng Lei  2   3
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Editorial

Autophagy elicits a novel and prospect strategy to starve arginine-dependent tumors

Siyu Lei et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2019 Aug.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Autophagy maintains tumour growth through circulating arginine.
    Poillet-Perez L, Xie X, Zhan L, Yang Y, Sharp DW, Hu ZS, Su X, Maganti A, Jiang C, Lu W, Zheng H, Bosenberg MW, Mehnert JM, Guo JY, Lattime E, Rabinowitz JD, White E. Poillet-Perez L, et al. Nature. 2018 Nov;563(7732):569-573. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0697-7. Epub 2018 Nov 14. Nature. 2018. PMID: 30429607 Free PMC article.

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