Statins: a repurposed drug to fight cancer

W Jiang, JW Hu, XR He, WL Jin, XY He - Journal of Experimental & …, 2021 - Springer
As competitive HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors, statins not only reduce cholesterol
and improve cardiovascular risk, but also exhibit pleiotropic effects that are independent of …

Cholesterol metabolism in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

B Huang, B Song, C Xu - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
Cholesterol metabolism produces essential membrane components as well as metabolites
with a variety of biological functions. In the tumour microenvironment, cell-intrinsic and cell …

2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic …

AR Lyon, T Lopez-Fernandez, LS Couch… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ESC Guidelines e341 (1) the specific situation of the patient. In this respect, it is specified
that, unless otherwise provided for by national regulations, offlabel use of medication should …

Lipid metabolism in cancer progression and therapeutic strategies

Y Fu, T Zou, X Shen, PJ Nelson, J Li, C Wu, J Yang… - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulated lipid metabolism represents an important metabolic alteration in cancer. Fatty
acids, cholesterol, and phospholipid are the three most prevalent lipids that act as energy …

Statins as anticancer agents in the era of precision medicine

J Longo, JE van Leeuwen, M Elbaz, E Branchard… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Statins are widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs that inhibit HMG-CoA reductase
(HMGCR), the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate metabolic pathway. Multiple lines of …

Lipid metabolism in oncology: why it matters, how to research, and how to treat

Y Matsushita, H Nakagawa, K Koike - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Metabolic reprogramming is gaining attentions as a hallmark of cancers.
However, lipid metabolism has been difficult to analyze due to technical problems. In recent …

Targeting the mevalonate pathway in cancer

D Juarez, DA Fruman - Trends in cancer, 2021 - cell.com
The mevalonate synthesis inhibitors, statins, are mainstay therapeutics for cholesterol
management and cardiovascular health. Thirty years of research have uncovered supportive …

Dysregulation of cholesterol metabolism in cancer progression

X Liu, M Lv, W Zhang, Q Zhan - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Cholesterol homeostasis has been implicated in the regulation of cellular and body
metabolism. Hence, deregulated cholesterol homeostasis leads to the development of many …

The interplay between mutant p53 and the mevalonate pathway

A Parrales, E Thoenen, T Iwakuma - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2018 - nature.com
Missense mutations in the TP53 gene lead to accumulation of dysfunctional TP53 proteins in
tumors, showing oncogenic gain-of-function (GOF) activities. Stabilization of mutant TP53 …

p53 as a regulator of lipid metabolism in cancer

A Parrales, T Iwakuma - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Enhanced proliferation and survival are common features of cancer cells. Cancer cells are
metabolically reprogrammed which aids in their survival in nutrient-poor environments …