Adipocyte-induced FABP4 expression in ovarian cancer cells promotes metastasis and mediates carboplatin resistance

A Mukherjee, CY Chiang, HA Daifotis, KM Nieman… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Adipocytes are critical for ovarian cancer cells to home to the omentum, but the metabolic
changes initiated by this interaction are unknown. To this end, we carried out unbiased mass …

[HTML][HTML] FABP4 as a key determinant of metastatic potential of ovarian cancer

KM Gharpure, S Pradeep, M Sans… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The standard treatment for high-grade serous ovarian cancer is primary debulking surgery
followed by chemotherapy. The extent of metastasis and invasive potential of lesions can …

[HTML][HTML] FABP5 coordinates lipid signaling that promotes prostate cancer metastasis

G Carbonetti, T Wilpshaar, J Kroonen, K Studholme… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is defined by dysregulated lipid signaling and is characterized by
upregulation of lipid metabolism-related genes including fatty acid binding protein 5 …

Adipocytes promote ovarian cancer metastasis and provide energy for rapid tumor growth

KM Nieman, HA Kenny, CV Penicka, A Ladanyi… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Intra-abdominal tumors, such as ovarian cancer,, have a clear predilection for metastasis to
the omentum, an organ primarily composed of adipocytes. Currently, it is unclear why tumor …

[HTML][HTML] FABP4 in obesity-associated carcinogenesis: Novel insights into mechanisms and therapeutic implications

S Liu, D Wu, Z Fan, J Yang, Y Li, Y Meng… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide is associated with an increased risk of
various diseases, including multiple metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and …

[HTML][HTML] FABP4 promotes invasion and metastasis of colon cancer by regulating fatty acid transport

W Tian, W Zhang, Y Zhang, T Zhu, Y Hua, H Li… - Cancer Cell …, 2020 - Springer
Background The prognosis of colon cancer is poor for metastasis, while the mechanism,
especially adipocytes related, is not yet clear. The purpose of this study is to determine the …

The peritumoural adipose tissue microenvironment and cancer. The roles of fatty acid binding protein 4 and fatty acid binding protein 5

S Guaita-Esteruelas, J Gumà, L Masana… - Molecular and cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
The adipose tissue microenvironment plays a key role in tumour initiation and progression
because it provides fatty acids and adipokines to tumour cells. The fatty acid-binding protein …

Fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5) promotes lipolysis of lipid droplets, de novo fatty acid (FA) synthesis and activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling in …

S Senga, N Kobayashi, K Kawaguchi, A Ando… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are involved in binding and storing hydrophobic ligands
such as long-chain fatty acids, as well as transporting them to the appropriate compartments …

The FABP12/PPARγ pathway promotes metastatic transformation by inducing epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition and lipid‐derived energy production in prostate …

RZ Liu, WS Choi, S Jain, D Dinakaran, X Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Early stage localized prostate cancer (PCa) has an excellent prognosis; however, patient
survival drops dramatically when PCa metastasizes. The molecular mechanisms underlying …

Exogenous fatty acid binding protein 4 promotes human prostate cancer cell progression

H Uehara, T Takahashi, M Oha… - … journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Epidemiologic studies have found that obesity is associated with malignant grade and
mortality in prostate cancer. Several adipokines have been implicated as putative mediating …