Figure 1.
Aerobic metabolic differences between normal and tumor tissues. Under aerobic conditions, normal tissues use OXPHOS for ATP production and cancer cells use glycolysis (the Warburg effect) for energy. Modified from an image created by the Patti Lab, Washington University, that appeared in the October 20, 2016, National Cancer Institute Cancer Currents Blog post, Metabolomics Study Reveals another Energy Source for Cancer Cells, with permission from Gary Patti.