Lipogenesis inhibitors: therapeutic opportunities and challenges

B Batchuluun, SL Pinkosky, GR Steinberg - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Fatty acids are essential for survival, acting as bioenergetic substrates, structural
components and signalling molecules. Given their vital role, cells have evolved mechanisms …

Viral hijacking of cellular metabolism

SK Thaker, J Ch'ng, HR Christofk - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
This review discusses the current state of the viral metabolism field and gaps in knowledge
that will be important for future studies to investigate. We discuss metabolic rewiring caused …

[HTML][HTML] Viral activation of cellular metabolism

EL Sanchez, M Lagunoff - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
To ensure optimal environments for their replication and spread, viruses have evolved to
alter many host cell pathways. In the last decade, metabolomic studies have shown that …

De novo lipogenesis in health and disease

F Ameer, L Scandiuzzi, S Hasnain, H Kalbacher… - Metabolism, 2014 - Elsevier
Background De novo lipogenesis (DNL) is a complex and highly regulated metabolic
pathway. In normal conditions DNL converts excess carbohydrate into fatty acids that are …

Dengue virus nonstructural protein 3 redistributes fatty acid synthase to sites of viral replication and increases cellular fatty acid synthesis

NS Heaton, R Perera, KL Berger… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Dengue virus (DENV) modifies cellular membranes to establish its sites of replication.
Although the 3D architecture of these structures has recently been described, little is known …

Distinct viral and mutational spectrum of endemic Burkitt lymphoma

F Abate, MR Ambrosio, L Mundo, MA Laginestra… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is primarily found in children in equatorial regions and
represents the first historical example of a virus-associated human malignancy. Although …

Interplay between lipid metabolism, lipid droplets, and DNA virus infections

MA Farías, B Diethelm-Varela, AJ Navarro, AM Kalergis… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) are cellular organelles rich in neutral lipids such as triglycerides and
cholesterol esters that are coated by a phospholipid monolayer and associated proteins …

Epstein-Barr virus lytic infection contributes to lymphoproliferative disease in a SCID mouse model

GK Hong, ML Gulley, WH Feng, HJ Delecluse… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Most Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive tumor cells contain one of the latent
forms of viral infection. The role of lytic viral gene expression in EBV-associated …

Global metabolic profiling of infection by an oncogenic virus: KSHV induces and requires lipogenesis for survival of latent infection

T Delgado, EL Sanchez, R Camarda, M Lagunoff - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Like cancer cells, virally infected cells have dramatically altered metabolic requirements. We
analyzed global metabolic changes induced by latent infection with an oncogenic virus …

Hallmarks of metabolic reprogramming and their role in viral pathogenesis

CNS Allen, SP Arjona, M Santerre, BE Sawaya - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer and has proven to be critical in viral
infections. Metabolic reprogramming provides the cell with energy and biomass for large …