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ReviewTrends in cancer2026

Lipids grease the chain of cancer progression.

Joseph Rupert, Pham Hong Anh Cao, Daniel E Frigo, Mikhail G Kolonin

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joseph RupertThe Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Pham Hong Anh CaoDepartment of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.
Daniel E FrigoDepartment of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: frigo@mdanderson.org.
Mikhail G KoloninThe Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: Mikhail.G.Kolonin@uth.tmc.edu.

Funding

Modulation of intracellular lipid access by ATGL determines ferroptosis sensitivity in castration-resistant prostate cancerF99CA305489 · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2025 to 2025
$39k
NCI NIH HHS F99 CA305489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of lipids in cancer progression has become a fervent area of exploration. The crosstalk of tumors with adipose tissue is a complex but well-regulated orchestration of signaling pathways, lipid transporters, and enzymes. They regulate fatty acid synthesis, their deposition into lipid droplets (LDs) as triglycerides, induction of lipolysis, shuttling lipids across cells, and their systemic trafficking, modification, and catabolism. For the latter, lipid oxidation has emerged as a metabolic process of particular clinical importance. Products of lipid processing can become secondary messengers, contribute to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, stimulate the production of antioxidants, and, if left unchecked, activate cell death pathways including ferroptosis. This review discusses recent updates in the field that are anticipated to have therapeutic implications.

Indexed as

Lipid MetabolismNeoplasmsAdipose TissueAnimalsAntioxidantsDisease ProgressionFatty AcidsFerroptosisHumansLipid DropletsLipolysisOxidation-ReductionReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionAntioxidantsFatty AcidsReactive Oxygen Speciescancerfatty acidferroptosislipidoxidationtransport

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PMID41535142
PMCPMC13250982

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