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Relevance of mitochondrial genetics and metabolism in cancer development.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology - 1 Feb 2013
Gasparre Giuseppe, Porcelli Anna Maria, Lenaz Giorgio, Romeo Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells are characterized in general by a decrease of mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation, together with a strong enhancement of glycolysis, the so-called Warburg effect. The decrease of mitochondrial activity in cancer cells may have multiple reasons, related either to t...
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