Warburg effect (English, noun)
expansion: Warburg effect (plural Warburg effects)
Senses:
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: The observation that most cancer cells release energy predominantly not through the 'usual' citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria as observed in normal cells, but through a less efficient process of 'anaerobic glycolysis' consisting of a high level of glucose uptake and glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation taking place in the cytosol, not the mitochondria, even in the presence of abundant oxygen.
Forms:
form: Warburg effects
tags: plural