(IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) A study led by IDIBELL researchers and published this week in the American journal PNAS shows that, by depriving tumor cells of glucose, they release a large number of signaling molecules. The signaling cascade produced by the lack of nutrients induces tumor inflammation, a determining factor for the evolution of the disease.

Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/ibri-ndi042120.php