Lipid droplet biogenesis and functions in health and disease

A Zadoorian, X Du, H Yang - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
Ubiquitous yet unique, lipid droplets are intracellular organelles that are increasingly being
recognized for their versatility beyond energy storage. Advances uncovering the intricacies …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Peroxidation of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the acidic tumor environment leads to ferroptosis-mediated anticancer effects

E Dierge, E Debock, C Guilbaud, C Corbet, E Mignolet… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Tumor acidosis promotes disease progression through a stimulation of fatty acid (FA)
metabolism in cancer cells. Instead of blocking the use of FAs by acidic cancer cells, we …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid metabolism in sickness and in health: Emerging regulators of lipotoxicity

H Yoon, JL Shaw, MC Haigis, A Greka - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Lipids play crucial roles in signal transduction, contribute to the structural integrity of cellular
membranes, and regulate energy metabolism. Questions remain as to which lipid species …

Lipid metabolic reprogramming in tumor microenvironment: from mechanisms to therapeutics

HR Jin, J Wang, ZJ Wang, MJ Xi, BH Xia… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Lipid metabolic reprogramming is an emerging hallmark of cancer. In order to sustain
uncontrolled proliferation and survive in unfavorable environments that lack oxygen and …

Lipid droplets in the nervous system

I Ralhan, CL Chang, J Lippincott-Schwartz… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - rupress.org
Lipid droplets are dynamic intracellular lipid storage organelles that respond to the
physiological state of cells. In addition to controlling cell metabolism, they play a protective …

Targeting fatty acid metabolism in glioblastoma

J Miska, NS Chandel - The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a primary tumor of the brain defined by its uniform lethality and
resistance to conventional therapies. There have been considerable efforts to untangle the …

Tumor resistance to ferroptosis driven by Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (SCD1) in cancer cells and Fatty Acid Biding Protein-4 (FABP4) in tumor microenvironment …

G Luis, A Godfroid, S Nishiumi, J Cimino, S Blacher… - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Problem Tumor recurrence is a major clinical issue that represents the principal cause of
cancer-related deaths, with few targetable common pathways. Mechanisms by which …

The diversity and breadth of cancer cell fatty acid metabolism

SR Nagarajan, LM Butler, AJ Hoy - Cancer & Metabolism, 2021 - Springer
Tumor cellular metabolism exhibits distinguishing features that collectively enhance
biomass synthesis while maintaining redox balance and cellular homeostasis. These …

Alterations of lipid metabolism in cancer: implications in prognosis and treatment

LP Fernández, M Gomez de Cedron… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer remains the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. In the course of this
multistage and multifactorial disease, a set of alterations takes place, with genetic and …