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 …

Reprogramming of glucose, fatty acid and amino acid metabolism for cancer progression

Z Li, H Zhang - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2016 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming is widely observed during cancer development to confer cancer
cells the ability to survive and proliferate, even under the stressed, such as nutrient-limiting …

Biological and nutritional properties of palm oil and palmitic acid: effects on health

A Mancini, E Imperlini, E Nigro, C Montagnese… - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
A growing body of evidence highlights the close association between nutrition and human
health. Fat is an essential macronutrient, and vegetable oils, such as palm oil, are widely …

Targeting cellular metabolism to improve cancer therapeutics

Y Zhao, EB Butler, M Tan - Cell death & disease, 2013 - nature.com
The metabolic properties of cancer cells diverge significantly from those of normal cells.
Energy production in cancer cells is abnormally dependent on aerobic glycolysis. In addition …

Fatty acid synthase (FASN) as a therapeutic target in breast cancer

JA Menendez, R Lupu - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Ten years ago, we put forward the metabolo-oncogenic nature of fatty acid
synthase (FASN) in breast cancer. Since the conception of this hypothesis, which provided a …

Role of endothelial cell metabolism in vessel sprouting

K De Bock, M Georgiadou, P Carmeliet - Cell metabolism, 2013 - cell.com
Endothelial cells (ECs) are quiescent for years but can plastically switch to angiogenesis.
Vascular sprouting relies on the coordinated activity of migrating tip cells at the forefront and …

Metabolic reprogramming in renal cancer: events of a metabolic disease

S Chakraborty, M Balan, A Sabarwal… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have established that tumors can reprogram the pathways involved in
nutrient uptake and metabolism to withstand the altered biosynthetic, bioenergetics and …

Cancer metabolism at a glance

A Vazquez, JJ Kamphorst, EK Markert… - Journal of cell …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT A defining hallmark of cancer is uncontrolled cell proliferation. This is initiated
once cells have accumulated alterations in signaling pathways that control metabolism and …

Lipid metabolism and resistance to anticancer treatment

N Germain, M Dhayer, M Boileau, Q Fovez, J Kluza… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer cells directly control nutrient uptake and utilization in a different
manner from that of normal cells. These metabolic changes drive growth, proliferation of …

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 …