Warburg effect

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English

Etymology

Named after Otto Heinrich Warburg who first published the observation.

Noun

Warburg effect (plural Warburg effects)

  1. (oncology) The observation that most cancer cells release energy predominantly not through the 'usual' citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria as observed in normal cells, but through a less efficient process of 'anaerobic glycolysis' consisting of a high level of glucose uptake and glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation taking place in the cytosol, not the mitochondria, even in the presence of abundant oxygen.

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