Distinct nitrogen isotopic compositions of healthy and cancerous tissue in mice brain and head&neck micro-biopsies
Abstract Background Cancerous cells can recycle metabolic ammonium for their growth. As this ammonium has a low nitrogen isotope ratio (15N/14N), its recycling may cause cancer tissue to have lower 15N/14N than surrounding healthy tissue. We investigated whether, within a given tissue type in indivi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-07-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08489-x |