The Warburg Effect: How Does it Benefit Cancer Cells?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 211-218

  Liberti, Maria V ^a,b   Locasale, Jason W ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP synthesis; Chromatin remodeling; Microenvironment acidification; ROS; Warburg Effect

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; WARBURG EFFECT; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; NAD; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84959451365     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.12.001     Document Type: Review

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