PDK1 and renal cell carcinoma: In addition, TGF-β treatment decreases the flow of pyruvate to the TCA cycle by directly activating the gene encoding pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1), and this enzyme inactivates the TCA cycle enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase in mouse and human fibroblasts, a human Burkitt’s lymphoma cell line, and human renal cell carcinoma cell lines [169, 170].