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. 2022 Jun 8;12:816504. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.816504

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Lactate exchange between the glycolytic tumor cells present in the hydrophobic core and the oxidative tumor cells. Lactate transported out of the glycolytic cells is taken up by the oxidative cells and used for energy production. Figure licensed under CC BY, copyright © 2019 de la Cruz-López, Castro-Muñoz, Reyes-Hernández, García-Carrancá and Manzo-Merino. Lactate in the Regulation of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Approaches. Front Oncol. 2019 Nov 1;9:1143.