Philip L. Lorenzi

Sep 26, 2024 | nature.com | Sandeep Das |Alexandra C Finney |Sumit Anand |Alia Ghrayeb |Kelley G. Núñez |Fabio Arias | +23 more

AbstractThe incidence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is on the rise, and with limited pharmacological therapy available, identification of new metabolic targets is urgently needed. Oxalate is a terminal metabolite produced from glyoxylate by hepatic lactate dehydrogenase (LDHA). The liver-specific alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGXT) detoxifies glyoxylate, preventing oxalate accumulation.

Sep 26, 2024 | nature.com | Sandeep Das |Alexandra C Finney |Sumit Anand |Alia Ghrayeb |Kelley G. Núñez |Fabio Arias | +23 more

AbstractThe incidence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is on the rise, and with limited pharmacological therapy available, identification of new metabolic targets is urgently needed. Oxalate is a terminal metabolite produced from glyoxylate by hepatic lactate dehydrogenase (LDHA). The liver-specific alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGXT) detoxifies glyoxylate, preventing oxalate accumulation.

Feb 7, 2024 | nature.com | Feiyang Ma |Natalia Baran |Jintan Liu |Ken Furudate |Paola Storti |Irene Ganan-Gomez | +10 more

AbstractDNA damage resistance is a major barrier to effective DNA-damaging therapy in multiple myeloma (MM). To discover mechanisms through which MM cells overcome DNA damage, we investigate how MM cells become resistant to antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapy targeting Interleukin enhancer binding factor 2 (ILF2), a DNA damage regulator that is overexpressed in 70% of MM patients whose disease has progressed after standard therapies have failed.

Nov 3, 2023 | nature.com | Katherine Foster |Nicholas W Bateman |Kathleen Darcy |Thomas P Conrads |Philip L. Lorenzi

AbstractIn this study, we investigated the metabolic alterations associated with clinical response to chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer. Pre- and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) tissues from patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) who had poor response (PR) or excellent response (ER) to NACT were examined.