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. 2022 Jul 27;13(7):651. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-05111-1

Fig. 7. TME-derived lactate promotes metastasis of normoxic CSCs depending on oxidative metabolism pathway.

Fig. 7

a Schematic illustration of the proposed model. Normoxic CSCs get more access to the blood vessels than hypoxic CSCs. Hypoxic cell-secreted lactate in the TME could be ingested by normoxic CSCs to promote their OXPHOS and thus enhance their metastatic capacity.