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Activation of AMPK exerts anti-tumor effects by inhibiting mTORC1, promoting oxidative metabolism, and inducing cell cycle arrest, thereby opposing the Warburg effect.
Maintaining healthy cellular energy balance through lifestyle and potentially AMPK-activating interventions may support cancer prevention mechanisms. AMPK activation helps cells switch to efficient energy use and inhibits rapid, uncontrolled growth pathways associated with cancer.
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AMPK activation promotes the oxidative metabolism typical of quiescent cells, rather than the aerobic glycolysis observed in tumor cells and cells involved in inflammation, explaining in part why AMPK activators have both anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effects.
Why this rating
Supported by epidemiological data, mouse models, and mechanistic studies linking LKB1/AMPK to tumor suppression.
Source
<scp>AMP</scp>‐activated protein kinase: a key regulator of energy balance with many roles in human disease
D. Grahame Hardie · Journal of Internal Medicine · 2014
DOI 10.1111/joim.12268
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