Almut Schulze

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Affiliation: Cancer Research UK
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi How cancer metabolism is tuned for proliferation and vulnerable to disruption
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Nature 491:364-73. 2012
  2. ncbi Flicking the Warburg switch-tyrosine phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase regulates mitochondrial activity in cancer cells
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Mol Cell 44:846-8. 2011
  3. ncbi The transcriptional response to Raf activation is almost completely dependent on Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase activity and shows a major autocrine component
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
    Mol Biol Cell 15:3450-63. 2004
  4. ncbi A fresh look at cancer metabolism in a historical setting
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK
    EMBO Rep 12:289-91. 2011
  5. ncbi SREBP activity is regulated by mTORC1 and contributes to Akt-dependent cell growth
    Thomas Porstmann
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
    Cell Metab 8:224-36. 2008
  6. ncbi Induction of Mxi1-SR alpha by FOXO3a contributes to repression of Myc-dependent gene expression
    Oona Delpuech
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
    Mol Cell Biol 27:4917-30. 2007
  7. ncbi Genetic ablation of S6-kinase does not prevent processing of SREBP1
    Caroline A Lewis
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK
    Adv Enzyme Regul 51:280-90. 2011
  8. ncbi A new player in the orchestra of cell growth: SREBP activity is regulated by mTORC1 and contributes to the regulation of cell and organ size
    Thomas Porstmann
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
    Biochem Soc Trans 37:278-83. 2009
  9. ncbi Involvement of MINK, a Ste20 family kinase, in Ras oncogene-induced growth arrest in human ovarian surface epithelial cells
    Barbara Nicke
    Signal Transduction Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
    Mol Cell 20:673-85. 2005
  10. ncbi Lipid metabolism in cancer
    Claudio R Santos
    Translational Cancer Therapeutics, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London, UK
    FEBS J 279:2610-23. 2012

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Publications15

  1. ncbi How cancer metabolism is tuned for proliferation and vulnerable to disruption
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Nature 491:364-73. 2012
    ..The identification of metabolic weaknesses of cancer cells has been used to create strategies for treating cancer, but there are still challenges to be faced in bringing the drugs that target cancer metabolism to the clinic...
  2. ncbi Flicking the Warburg switch-tyrosine phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase regulates mitochondrial activity in cancer cells
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Mol Cell 44:846-8. 2011
    ..In this issue of Molecular Cell, Hitosugi et al. (2011) show that the switch from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis in cancer cells is regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation of PDHK1...
  3. ncbi The transcriptional response to Raf activation is almost completely dependent on Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase activity and shows a major autocrine component
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
    Mol Biol Cell 15:3450-63. 2004
    ..The use of transcriptional profiling in this way allows detailed analysis of the architecture of signaling pathways to be undertaken...
  4. ncbi A fresh look at cancer metabolism in a historical setting
    Almut Schulze
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK
    EMBO Rep 12:289-91. 2011
    ..It was organized with the support of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation and offered an outstanding line-up of acclaimed speakers within an intimate setting that allowed plenty of opportunity for informal interactions...
  5. ncbi SREBP activity is regulated by mTORC1 and contributes to Akt-dependent cell growth
    Thomas Porstmann
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
    Cell Metab 8:224-36. 2008
    ..Our results suggest that the PI3K/Akt/TOR pathway regulates protein and lipid biosynthesis in an orchestrated manner and that both processes are required for cell growth...
  6. ncbi Induction of Mxi1-SR alpha by FOXO3a contributes to repression of Myc-dependent gene expression
    Oona Delpuech
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
    Mol Cell Biol 27:4917-30. 2007
    ..Our results provide evidence of direct regulation of Mxi1 by FOXO3a and imply an additional mechanism through which the PI3-kinase/Akt/FOXO pathway can modulate Myc function...
  7. ncbi Genetic ablation of S6-kinase does not prevent processing of SREBP1
    Caroline A Lewis
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK
    Adv Enzyme Regul 51:280-90. 2011
    ..Taken together, these results suggest that S6-kinases 1 and 2 are dispensable for the induction of SREBP processing in the experimental systems used here...
  8. ncbi A new player in the orchestra of cell growth: SREBP activity is regulated by mTORC1 and contributes to the regulation of cell and organ size
    Thomas Porstmann
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
    Biochem Soc Trans 37:278-83. 2009
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  9. ncbi Involvement of MINK, a Ste20 family kinase, in Ras oncogene-induced growth arrest in human ovarian surface epithelial cells
    Barbara Nicke
    Signal Transduction Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
    Mol Cell 20:673-85. 2005
    ..MINK is thus a distal target of Ras signaling in the induction of a growth-arrested, senescent-like phenotype that may act to oppose oncogenic transformation in HOSE cells...
  10. ncbi Lipid metabolism in cancer
    Claudio R Santos
    Translational Cancer Therapeutics, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London, UK
    FEBS J 279:2610-23. 2012
    ..This review will examine some of the alterations in lipid metabolism that have been reported in cancer, at both cellular and organismal levels, and discuss how they contribute to different aspects of tumourigenesis...
  11. ncbi Regulation of the SREBP transcription factors by mTORC1
    Caroline A Lewis
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Biochem Soc Trans 39:495-9. 2011
    ..In the present paper, we discuss the increasing amount of data supporting the potential mechanisms of mTORC1-dependent activation of SREBP as well as the implications of this signalling pathway in cancer...
  12. ncbi PKB/Akt induces transcription of enzymes involved in cholesterol and fatty acid biosynthesis via activation of SREBP
    Thomas Porstmann
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
    Oncogene 24:6465-81. 2005
    ..Our data indicate that activation of SREBP by Akt leads to the induction of key enzymes of the cholesterol and fatty acid biosynthesis pathways, and thus membrane lipid biosynthesis...
  13. ncbi Linking glycogen and senescence in cancer cells
    Susana Ros
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Cell Metab 16:687-8. 2012
    ..Favaro et al. (2012) now demonstrate that in hypoxic cancer cells, depletion of liver glycogen phosphorylase causes glycogen accumulation, leading to oxidative stress, induction of senescence, and impaired tumor growth in vivo...
  14. ncbi Functional metabolic screen identifies 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 4 as an important regulator of prostate cancer cell survival
    Susana Ros
    Gene Expression Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
    Cancer Discov 2:328-43. 2012
    ..Targeting PFKFB4 may therefore present new therapeutic opportunities...
  15. ncbi Direct control of caveolin-1 expression by FOXO transcription factors
    A Pieter J van den Heuvel
    Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Stratenum, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Biochem J 385:795-802. 2005
    ..Biol. Chem. 275, 20847-20852]. These findings suggest a novel mechanism by which FOXO factors can exert their cellular effects via transcriptional activation of caveolin-1...