Warburg effect
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Otto Heinrich Warburg who first published the observation.
Noun
editWarburg effect (plural Warburg effects)
- (oncology) 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.
Further reading
edit- Warburg effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia