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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2025

Molecular targets of bempedoic acid and related decoy fatty acids.

Julianna G Supplee, Ronen Marmorstein, Kathryn E Wellen

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Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Julianna G SuppleeGraduate Group in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ronen MarmorsteinAbramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: marmor@upenn.edu.
Kathryn E WellenAbramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: wellenk@upenn.edu.

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms, Pathways and Inhibition of Acetyl-Transfer ReactionsR35GM118090 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronen Marmorstein · 2016 to 2026
$6.7M
Metabolic regulation and inhibition of ATP-citrate lyaseR01CA262055 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI George Burslem, Ronen Marmorstein · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Molecular and cancer-related roles of ACLY exon 14F31CA260781 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SUPPLEE, JULIANNA · 2021 to 2024
$182k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA260781NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262055NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disorders of lipid metabolism, including hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, are increasing across the globe. Bempedoic acid (BPA) is a first-in-class drug for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and cardiac risk reduction, which may particularly benefit those who do not tolerate statins. Inhibition of hepatic ATP-citrate lyase (ACLY) is widely accepted as the main mediator of its observed clinical effects. However, BPA treatment also has ACLY-independent effects on lipid metabolism, as the structural similarity of BPA to endogenous fatty acids allows it to trigger multiple lipid-signaling pathways. Here, we review the molecular targets of BPA and related 'decoy fatty acid' drugs and identify areas where further study is warranted as these molecules are evaluated for clinical indications.

Indexed as

Dicarboxylic AcidsFatty AcidsAnimalsATP Citrate (pro-S)-LyaseHumansLipid Metabolism8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acidATP Citrate (pro-S)-LyaseDicarboxylic AcidsFatty AcidsATP-citrate lyasebempedoic aciddecoy fatty acidhypercholesterolemialipid metabolism

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PMID40345862
PMCPMC12353065

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