Lipid metabolism and cancer
Qingdao University · Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Dysregulation in lipid metabolism is among the most prominent metabolic alterations in cancer. Cancer cells harness lipid metabolism to obtain energy, components for biological membranes, and signaling molecules needed for proliferation, survival, invasion, metastasis, and response to the tumor microenvironment impact and cancer therapy. Here, we summarize and discuss current knowledge about the advances made in understanding the regulation of lipid metabolism in cancer cells and introduce different approaches that have been clinically used to disrupt lipid metabolism in cancer therapy.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 26.74
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 208
Authors
6- XBXueli BianCorresponding
Qingdao University, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
- RLRui Liu
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Sichuan University
- YMYing Meng
Zhejiang University
- DXDongming Xing
Qingdao University, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Tsinghua University
- DXDaqian Xu
Zhejiang University
Topics & keywords
- Lipid metabolism
- Cancer
- Tumor microenvironment
- Cancer cell
- Metabolism
- Cancer therapy
- Metastasis
- Energy metabolism