Cancer cells depend on environmental lipids for proliferation when electron acceptors are limited
Z. Li, B. W. Ji, P. D. Dixit, E. C. Lien, K. Tchourine, A. M. Hosios, K. L. Abbott, A. M. Westermark, E. F. Gorodetsky, L. B. Sullivan, M. Vander Heiden, D. Vitkup
This study shows that cancer cells rely on environmental lipids for proliferation under conditions of limited electron acceptors, such as hypoxia or mitochondrial inhibition.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2020Cancer Biology