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ReviewCancer cell international2022

Lipid metabolism in tumor microenvironment: novel therapeutic targets.

Xingkai Liu, Ping Zhang, Jing Xu, Guoyue Lv, Yan Li

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Review in Cancer cell international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xingkai LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71. Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, Jilin, China.
Ping ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71. Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, Jilin, China.
Jing XuDepartment of Echocadiography, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71. Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, Jilin, China. xu_jing@jlu.edu.cn.
Guoyue LvDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71. Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, Jilin, China. lvgy@jlu.edu.cn.
Yan LiDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, 511 S Floyd ST MDR Bldg Rm324, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA. Yan.li@louisville.edu.
First Hospital of Jilin University · CNJilin University · CNUniversity of Louisville · US

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81801904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioactive lipid molecules have been proposed to play important roles linking obesity/metabolic syndrome and cancers. Studies reveal that aberrant lipid metabolic signaling can reprogram cancer cells and non-cancer cells in the tumor microenvironment, contributing to cancer initiation, progression, metastasis, recurrence, and poor therapeutic response. Existing evidence indicates that controlling lipid metabolism can be a potential strategy for cancer prevention and therapy. By reviewing the current literature on the lipid metabolism in various cancers, we summarized major lipid molecules including fatty acids and cholesterol as well as lipid droplets and discussed their critical roles in cancer cells and non-cancer in terms of either promoting- or anti-tumorigenesis. This review provides an overview of the lipid molecules in cellular entities and their tumor microenvironment, adding to the existing knowledge with lipid metabolic reprogramming in immune cells and cancer associated cells. Comprehensive understanding of the regulatory role of lipid metabolism in cellular entities and their tumor microenvironment will provide a new direction for further studies, in a shift away from conventional cancer research. Exploring the lipid-related signaling targets that drive or block cancer development may lead to development of novel anti-cancer strategies distinct from traditional approaches for cancer prevention and treatment.

Indexed as

CholesterolFatty acidLipidLipid metabolismTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID35790992
PMCPMC9254539
OpenAlexW4283814408

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