Retinoblastoma cells are inhibited by aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) partially through activation of AMP‐dependent kinase

Abstract
5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-4-ribofuranoside (AICAR), an analog of AMP, is widely used as an activator of AMP-kinase (AMPK), a protein that regulates the responses of the cell to energy change...
Funding Information
  • Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
  • Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund
  • Research to Prevent Blindness
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH EY009294)