Nucleotide Depletion as Differentiation Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer

The present disclosure provides methods for inhibiting cell proliferation, inducing differentiation, and inducing replication stress in a cancer cell. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating a cancer in a patient. Various methods of the disclosure include contacting a cancer cell with, or administering to a patient having cancer, an agent that can change the internal baseline ratio of purine:pyrimidine in the cancer cell.

Researchers

Departments: David H Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Res
Technology Areas: Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Cell Interrogation / Therapeutics: Cell Based Therapy
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • method of treating cancer with nucleotide therapeutics
    United States of America | Published application

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