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Ecdysoneless, A Novel Regulator Of Ca2+ Homeostasis And Metabolism, Aniruddha Sarkar
Ecdysoneless, A Novel Regulator Of Ca2+ Homeostasis And Metabolism, Aniruddha Sarkar
Theses & Dissertations
The hallmarks of cancer include sustained proliferation and survival in the face of cellular stresses imposed by the oncogenic drive, as well as metabolic rewiring for tumor growth under adverse nutritional conditions. Adaptive alterations in key biochemical networks that underlie metabolic rewiring represent potential opportunities to develop new therapeutic strategies against cancer.
My thesis focuses on mammalian Ecdysoneless (ECD), a conserved homolog of the fly Ecdysoneless gene product, which engages fundamental cell biological processes of ER stress, Ca2+ signaling and metabolism to help sustain the oncogenic drive in tumor cells. Recent studies from our laboratory provide a clear evidence …