Cancer as a matter of fat: the crosstalk between adipose tissue and tumors

E Lengyel, L Makowski, J DiGiovanni, MG Kolonin - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Obesity has been linked to the increased risk and aggressiveness of many types of
carcinoma. A state of chronic inflammation in adipose tissue (AT), resulting in genotoxic …

Adipocyte and lipid metabolism in cancer drug resistance

Y Cao - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Development of novel and effective therapeutics for treating various cancers is probably the
most congested and challenging enterprise of pharmaceutical companies. Diverse drugs …

KRAS controls pancreatic cancer cell lipid metabolism and invasive potential through the lipase HSL

CN Rozeveld, KM Johnson, L Zhang, GL Razidlo - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Oncogene-induced metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of pancreatic cancer (PDAC), yet
the metabolic drivers of metastasis are unclear. In PDAC, obesity and excess fatty acids …

Exosomes from the tumour-adipocyte interplay stimulate beige/brown differentiation and reprogram metabolism in stromal adipocytes to promote tumour progression

Q Wu, J Li, Z Li, S Sun, S Zhu, L Wang, J Wu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Emerging evidence supports the pivotal roles of adipocytes in breast cancer
progression. Tumour induced beige/brown adipose tissue differentiation contributes to the …

Palmitic acid is an intracellular signaling molecule involved in disease development

S Fatima, X Hu, RH Gong, C Huang, M Chen… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Emerging evidence shows that palmitic acid (PA), a common fatty acid in the human diet,
serves as a signaling molecule regulating the progression and development of many …

A framework for examining how diet impacts tumour metabolism

EC Lien, MG Vander Heiden - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
The way cancer cells utilize nutrients to support their growth and proliferation is determined
by cancer cell-intrinsic and cancer cell-extrinsic factors, including interactions with the …

Lipid metabolism at the nexus of diet and tumor microenvironment

B Peck, A Schulze - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Obesity is a leading contributing factor to cancer development worldwide. Epidemiological
evidence suggests that diet affects cancer risk and also substantially alters therapeutic …

Obesity and prostate cancer—microenvironmental roles of adipose tissue

A Saha, MG Kolonin, J DiGiovanni - Nature Reviews Urology, 2023 - nature.com
Obesity is known to have important roles in driving prostate cancer aggressiveness and
increased mortality. Multiple mechanisms have been postulated for these clinical …

Lipid metabolism and lipid droplets in pancreatic cancer and stellate cells

Y Sunami, A Rebelo, J Kleeff - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is projected to become the second deadliest
cancer by 2030, and the overall 5-year survival rate is currently less than 7%. Cancer cells …

Incidence of pancreatic cancer is dramatically increased by a high fat, high calorie diet in KrasG12D mice

HH Chang, A Moro, K Takakura, HY Su, A Mo… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Epidemiologic data has linked obesity to a higher risk of pancreatic cancer, but the
underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. To allow for detailed mechanistic studies in …