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Fig. 2 | Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

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From: The roles of glucose metabolic reprogramming in chemo- and radio-resistance

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Simplified diagram of the main metabolic pathways involved in DNA damage/repair. Continuous activation of aerobic glycolysis can increase the capture of glucose into the cytoplasm by up-regulating the expression of glucose transporters (GLUTs) and substantially enhance the high rate of glucose influx via activating HK, PFK, and aldolase enzyme and promoting their expression, which in turn facilitates the aerobic glycolysis. The glycolytic switch in tumor cells allows the direct or indirect flux of glycolytic intermediates to many biosynthetic pathways (e.g., pentose phosphate pathway, serine synthesis pathway, MG pathway, and nucleotide synthesis), which provides the biomacromolecules and other materials required for prolonging the cancer cell survival via enhancing DNA repair, inhibiting DNA damage and decreasing chromatin remodeling

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