Why are cancers acidic? A carrier-mediated diffusion model for H+ transport in the interstitial fluid

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 240, Issue , 2001, Pages 46-62

  Griffiths, J R ^a   McIntyre, D J O ^a   Howe, F A ^a   Stubbs, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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