Hypoxia, Glucose Deprivation, HIGD1A and Tumor dormancy

Hypoxia-Inducible Gene Domain Family Member 1A (HIGD1A) may be instrumental in cancer cells ability to survive hypoxia and glucose deprivation:

http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247%2815%2900033-9

The following news article summarizes the findings and relevance of the study:

http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2015/02/123521/protein-may-be-key-cancer%E...