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Esther Ballesta‐Illán

Instituto de NeurocienciasORCID 0000-0003-3902-4205Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Carmen Gómez‐EscolariD· 1 shared Ernesto Saez-CarrioniD· 1 shared Jason M. TennesseniD· 1 shared Lucia García-López· 1 shared María DomíngueziD· 1 shared Mary Luz UribeiD· 1 shared

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 3, 2026

Tumour rewires host tryptophan metabolism to promote organism-wide immune suppression

Lucia García-López, Ernesto Saez-Carrion, Mary Luz Uribe…·María Domínguez

This study shows that Pten-deficient Drosophila tumours reprogram host tryptophan metabolism to suppress immunity and promote tumour growth through the kynurenine pathway.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.02.748262

Drosophilametabolomics

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