Mechanisms and disease consequences of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

R Loomba, SL Friedman, GI Shulman - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading chronic liver disease worldwide. Its
more advanced subtype, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), connotes progressive liver …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (primer)

JM Llovet, RK Kelley, A Villanueva… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Liver cancer remains a global health challenge, with an estimated incidence of> 1 million
cases by 2025. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer …

Lipid metabolism and cancer

X Bian, R Liu, Y Meng, D **ng, D Xu, Z Lu - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Dysregulation in lipid metabolism is among the most prominent metabolic alterations in
cancer. Cancer cells harness lipid metabolism to obtain energy, components for biological …

Cholesterol metabolism in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

B Huang, B Song, C Xu - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
Cholesterol metabolism produces essential membrane components as well as metabolites
with a variety of biological functions. In the tumour microenvironment, cell-intrinsic and cell …

Dietary cholesterol drives fatty liver-associated liver cancer by modulating gut microbiota and metabolites

X Zhang, OO Coker, ESH Chu, K Fu, HCH Lau… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) is an increasing healthcare burden worldwide. We examined the role of dietary …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid alterations in chronic liver disease and liver cancer

B Paul, M Lewinska, JB Andersen - JHEP reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Lipids are a complex and diverse group of molecules with crucial roles in many
physiological processes, as well as in the onset, progression, and maintenance of cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Excess body weight: Novel insights into its roles in obesity comorbidities

X Zhang, S Ha, HCH Lau, J Yu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Excess body weight is a global health problem due to sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet,
affecting 2 billion population worldwide. Obesity is a major risk factor for metabolic diseases …

Cholesterol metabolism: new functions and therapeutic approaches in cancer

H Xu, S Zhou, Q Tang, H **a, F Bi - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cholesterol and its metabolites (precursors and derivatives) play an important role in cancer.
In recent years, numerous studies have reported the functions of cholesterol metabolism in …

Molecular characterisation of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

R Pinyol, S Torrecilla, H Wang, C Montironi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) is increasing globally, but its molecular features are not well defined. We …

Squalene epoxidase drives cancer cell proliferation and promotes gut dysbiosis to accelerate colorectal carcinogenesis

C Li, Y Wang, D Liu, CC Wong, OO Coker, X Zhang… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Aberrant lipid metabolism is a hallmark of colorectal cancer (CRC). Squalene
epoxidase (SQLE), a rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis, is upregulated in …