Research Focus - Metabolic Flexibility in the Tumor Microenvironment
Hypoxia and metabolic adaptations in the tumor microenvironment
Flexibility of ETC circuits in cancer
The mechanisms underlying ETC complex mutations that drive tumor growth
Novel mitochondrial functions in tumors
Representative Publication
Spinelli JB, Rosen PC, Sprenger HG, et al. Fumarate is a terminal electron acceptor in the mammalian electron transport chain. Science. 2021; 374(6572):1227-1237.
Jessica Spinelli, PhD, and members of her lab are leveraging the discovery of a new mammalian metabolite and mitochondrial pathway to develop tools to reprogram the electron transport chain.
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