Acid production in glycolysis-impaired tumors provides new insights into tumor metabolism

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1284-1291

  Helmlinger, Gabriel ^a   Sckell, Axel ^a   Dellian, Marc ^a   Forbes, Neil S ^a   Jain, Rakesh K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; LACTIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR METABOLISM;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CRICETINAE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASMS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036554644     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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