Reprogramming energy metabolism and inducing angiogenesis: Co-expression of monocarboxylate transporters with VEGF family members in cervical adenocarcinomas

Deregulation of cellular energetic metabolism was recently pointed out as a hallmark of cancer cells. This deregulation involves a metabolic reprogramming that leads to a high production of lactate. Lactate efflux, besides contributing for the glycolytic flux, also acts in the extracellular matrix, contributing for cancer malignancy, by, among other effects, induction of angiogenesis.