title: Diseased cells and pH.
abstract: Diseased cells may alter their intracellular pH. This could explain such diverse activities as resistance to hormones, resistance to medications, and preferential metastasis to the same locations.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Dept, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas 78234.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007107:Immune System / Q000378:metabolism; D007239:Infections / Q000378:metabolism; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism