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SUBMITTER: Poli G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149858 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Poli Giulio G Granchi Carlotta C Aissaoui Mohamed M Minutolo Filippo F Tuccinardi Tiziano T
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20171213 12
Inhibitors of human lactate dehydrogenase (<i>h</i>LDH5)-the enzyme responsible for the conversion of pyruvate to lactate coupled with oxidation of NADH to NAD⁺-are promising therapeutic agents against cancer because this enzyme is generally found to be overexpressed in most invasive cancer cells and is linked to their vitality especially under hypoxic conditions. Consequently, significant efforts have been made for the identification of small-molecule <i>h</i>LDH5 inhibitors displaying high inh ...[more]