Moreover, Chun and colleagues suggest that CRC (HCT116) cells with oncogenic KRAS mutations and expressing HIF-1α can maintain ATP production (increasing mitochondrial respiration efficiency) and decrease or prevent toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation (both via the regulation of the exchange of cyclooxygenase (COX) 4 and also via the induction of enzymes important for mitochondrial cardiolipin synthesis) [110]. Here, KRAS is linked to colorectal carcinoma.