Researchers from the lab of Prof. Sarah-Maria Fendt (VIB-KU Leuven) and colleagues have uncovered that the availability of the amino acid aspartate is one reason why the lung is a frequent organ ...

They also found that lung aspartate activated the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor on the surface of the cancer cells, which promoted eIF5A hypusination and an alternative translation program ...

Sarah-Maria Fendt (VIB-KU Leuven) and colleagues have uncovered that the availability of the amino acid aspartate is one reason why the lung is a frequent organ of metastasis. Their work appears ...

Medically reviewed by Melissa Nieves, LNDMedically reviewed by Melissa Nieves, LND D-aspartic acid (D-asp) is an amino acid that ... acid binds to N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) in ...