Redox and Metabolic Circuits in Cancer

• Main Author: Salvatore Rizza (auth)
• Other Authors: Giuseppe Filomeni (auth), Andrea Rasola (auth), Danyelle M. Townsend (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; hypoxia; Mitochondria; Bioenergetics; Cancer Metabolism; ROS; S-nitrosylation; Autophagy; redox; Warburg effect
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Living cells require a constant supply of energy for the orchestration of a variety of biological processes in fluctuating environmental conditions. In heterotrophic organisms, energy mainly derives from the oxidation of carbohydrates and lipids, whose chemical bonds breakdown allows electrons to ge...