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ReviewCancer medicine2025

The Role of Cholesterol Metabolism and Its Regulation in Tumor Development.

Yongmei Wu, Wenqian Song, Min Su, Jing He, Rong Hu, Youbo Zhao

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Review in Cancer medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Cholesterol as a metabolic integrator of oncogenic signaling, immune evasion, and therapy resistance.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yongmei WuDepartment of Human Histology and Embryology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1568-1923
Wenqian SongDepartment of Human Histology and Embryology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Min SuDepartment of Human Histology and Embryology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Jing HeCharacteristic Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine Research of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases in Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Rong HuDepartment of Human Histology and Embryology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Youbo ZhaoDepartment of Human Histology and Embryology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M720928Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects zk(2022)-404,(2024)-89Key Laboratory for Research on Autoimmune Diseases of Higher Education schools in Guizhou Province Qianjiaoji[2023]016National Natural Science Foundation of China 32260165National Natural Science Foundation of China 82060151National Natural Science Foundation of China 82160151National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171343National Natural Science Foundation of China 82203871The Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province to Min Su Qiankehezhicheng[2020]4Y230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWithin the tumor microenvironment, tumor cells undergo metabolic reprogramming of cholesterol due to intrinsic cellular alterations and changes in the extracellular milieu. Furthermore, cholesterol reprogramming within this microenvironment influences the immune landscape of tumors, facilitating immune evasion and consequently promoting tumorigenesis. These biological changes involve modifications in numerous enzymes associated with cholesterol uptake and synthesis, including NPC1L1, SREBP, HMGCR, SQLE, and PCSK9. REVIEW: This review systematically summarizes the role of cholesterol metabolism and its associated enzymes in cancer progression, examines the mechanisms through which dysregulation of cholesterol metabolism affects immune cells within the tumor microenvironment, and discusses recent advancements in cancer therapies that target cholesterol metabolism.

conclusionTargeting cholesterol metabolism-related enzymes can inhibit tumor growth, reshape immune landscapes, and rejuvenate antitumor immunity, offering potential therapeutic avenues in cancer treatment.

Indexed as

CholesterolNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansLipid MetabolismTumor MicroenvironmentCholesterolcancercholesterolimmunemetabolismtumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40145543
PMCPMC11948085

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