The Warburg effect is a main metabolic hallmark of tumors, describing the observation that tumors consume high levels of glucose and process it by aerobic glycolysis rather than oxidative phosphorylation. As consequence of the Warburg effect, an excess of lactate is produced in the cytosol, which is co-exported with protons and which finally leads to an acidification of the tumor milieu.
This work combines non-invasive imaging techniques such as hyperpolarized metabolic MRSI and pH MRSI with FDG-PET/MRI to characterize the Warburg effect in greater depth.
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The Warburg effect is a main metabolic hallmark of tumors, describing the observation that tumors consume high levels of glucose and process it by aerobic glycolysis rather than oxidative phosphorylation. As consequence of the Warburg effect, an excess of lactate is produced in the cytosol, which is co-exported with protons and which finally leads to an acidification of the tumor milieu.
This work combines non-invasive imaging techniques such as hyperpolarized metabolic MRSI and pH MRSI with F...
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