The role of lipids in cancer progression and metastasis

M Martin-Perez, U Urdiroz-Urricelqui, C Bigas… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Lipids have essential biological functions in the body (eg, providing energy storage, acting
as a signaling molecule, and being a structural component of membranes); however, an …

STAT proteins in cancer: orchestration of metabolism

YJ Li, C Zhang, A Martincuks, A Herrmann… - Nature reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Reprogrammed metabolism is a hallmark of cancer. However, the metabolic dependency of
cancer, from tumour initiation through disease progression and therapy resistance, requires …

Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of STAT3-ferroptosis negative regulatory axis suppresses tumor growth and alleviates chemoresistance in gastric cancer

S Ouyang, H Li, L Lou, Q Huang, Z Zhang, J Mo, M Li… - Redox biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy is still one of the principal treatments for gastric cancer, but the clinical
application of 5-FU is limited by drug resistance. Here, we demonstrate that ferroptosis …

Lipid metabolism and cancer

X Bian, R Liu, Y Meng, D Xing, D Xu, Z Lu - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Dysregulation in lipid metabolism is among the most prominent metabolic alterations in
cancer. Cancer cells harness lipid metabolism to obtain energy, components for biological …

Tumour fatty acid metabolism in the context of therapy resistance and obesity

AJ Hoy, SR Nagarajan, LM Butler - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Fatty acid metabolism is known to support tumorigenesis and disease progression as well
as treatment resistance through enhanced lipid synthesis, storage and catabolism. More …

Targeting STAT3 in cancer immunotherapy

S Zou, Q Tong, B Liu, W Huang, Y Tian, X Fu - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
As a point of convergence for numerous oncogenic signaling pathways, signal transducer
and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is central in regulating the anti-tumor immune …

Fatty acid oxidation fuels glioblastoma radioresistance with CD47-mediated immune evasion

N Jiang, B Xie, W Xiao, M Fan, S Xu, Y Duan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains the top challenge to radiotherapy with only 25%
one-year survival after diagnosis. Here, we reveal that co-enhancement of mitochondrial …

IL-6/JAK/STAT3 signaling in breast cancer metastasis: biology and treatment

SG Manore, DL Doheny, GL Wong, HW Lo - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Metastasis is the primary
cause of mortality for breast cancer patients. Multiple mechanisms underlie breast cancer …

Aspects of the tumor microenvironment involved in immune resistance and drug resistance

K Khalaf, D Hana, JTT Chou, C Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and ever-changing “rogue organ”
composed of its own blood supply, lymphatic and nervous systems, stroma, immune cells …