Quiescence as a mechanism for cyclical hypoxia and acidosis

Tumour tissue characteristically experiences fluctuations in substrate supply. This unstable microenvironment drives constitutive metabolic changes within cellular populations and, ultimately, leads to a more aggressive phenotype. Previously, variations in substrate levels were assumed to occur thro...

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Main Authors: Smallbone, K, Gavaghan, D, Maini, P, Brady, J
Format: Journal article
Published: 2007