Power surge: Supporting cells "fuel" cancer cell mitochondria

Ubaldo E. Martinez-Outschoorn, Federica Sotgia, Michael P. Lisanti

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    Abstract

    An emerging paradigm in tumor metabolism is that catabolism in host cells "fuels" the anabolic growth of cancer cells via energy transfer. A study in Nature Medicine (Nieman et al., 2011) supports this; they show that triglyceride catabolism in adipocytes drives ovarian cancer metastasis by providing fatty acids as mitochondrial fuels. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4-5
    Number of pages1
    JournalCell Metabolism
    Volume15
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 4 Jan 2012

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