Publications by authors named "Rebecca Haaga"
Objective: Traditional vasculogenesis has many contradictions related to treatment and imaging. This occurs because cancer also uses glycolysis, which does not need oxygen or arteries. Glycolytic lactate supports many procancer processes but high levels of it inhibit glycolysis.
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- The ALPHA hypothesis suggests that lactate helps create new blood vessels (vasculogenesis) to regulate its own levels in the body.
- This process supports existing ideas about how blood vessel formation occurs, particularly through the creation of drainage vessels.
- Initially, the focus is on forming lymphatic vessels, which later develop into veins.