Preferred Label : Methionine-Restricted Diet;
NCIt definition : A diet which is limited in the amino acid methionine. Methionine depletion inhibits
cell cycle progression and induces apoptosis in many transformed cells, but not normal
cells. Dietary methionine restriction inhibits tumor growth in diverse cancer models
and is in trial as part of clinical cancer treatments.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL555351;
Origin ID : C154555;
UMLS CUI : C4743638;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
