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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2015 May 7;75(12):2541–2552. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1703

Figure 7. 7. Summary of grade-dependent metabolic pathway alterations in RCC.

Figure 7

With higher grade, glycolysis was directed towards lactate metabolism at the expense of TCA cycle intermediaries. Fatty acid β-oxidation was decreased, while the glutamine pathway served to attenuate oxidative stress thereby increasing cancer cell survival. Tryptophan was metabolized preferentially to immunosuppressive compounds. Red: increased; blue: decreased.