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. 2019 Aug 20;17:99. doi: 10.1186/s12964-019-0412-9

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

Schematic diagram of estrogen-Gln metabolism in estrogen-sensitive UECC. For estrogen-sensitive UEC, estrogen remarkably increases GLS and activates glutamine metabolism through up-regulating c-MYC. These processes remarkably lead to enhanced cell viability and decreased autophagy of estrogen-sensitive UECC. The GLS inhibitor CB-839 restricts the effects of estrogen on UECC’s growth and autophagy by inhibiting Gln metabolism