The role of DGAT1 and DGAT2 in regulating tumor cell growth and their potential clinical implications

B Deng, W Kong, X Shen, C Han, Z Zhao… - Journal of Translational …, 2024‏ - Springer
Lipid metabolism is widely reprogrammed in tumor cells. Lipid droplet is a common
organelle existing in most mammal cells, and its complex and dynamic functions in …

Bioengineering of soybean oil and its impact on agronomic traits

H Song, DC Taylor, M Zhang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Soybean is a major oil crop and is also a dominant source of nutritional protein. The 20%
seed oil content (SOC) of soybean is much lower than that in most oil crops and the fatty acid …

Identification of triacylglycerol remodeling mechanism to synthesize unusual fatty acid containing oils

P Parchuri, S Bhandari, A Azeez, G Chen… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Typical plant membranes and storage lipids are comprised of five common fatty acids yet
over 450 unusual fatty acids accumulate in seed oils of various plant species. Plant oils are …

[HTML][HTML] Triacylglycerol uptake and handling by macrophages: From fatty acids to lipoproteins

L Deng, S Kersten, R Stienstra - Progress in lipid research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Macrophages are essential innate immune cells and form our first line of immune defense.
Also known as professional phagocytes, macrophages interact and take up various …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in understanding and improving oil content and quality in seeds

JV Sagun, UP Yadav, AP Alonso - Frontiers in plant science, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The world's population is projected to increase by two billion by 2050, resulting in food and
energy insecurity. Oilseed crops have been identified as key to address these challenges …

Lipid metabolism regulation by dietary polysaccharides with different structural properties

D Yin, Y Zhong, H Liu, J Hu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Lipid metabolism plays an important role in energy homeostasis maintenance in response to
stress. Nowadays, hyperlipidemia-related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes …

Increasing oil content in Brassica oilseed species

RJ Weselake, DA Fell, X Wang, S Scofield… - Progress in Lipid …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Brassica oilseed species are the third most important in the world, providing approximately
15% of the total vegetable oils. Three species (Brassica rapa, B. juncea, B. napus) dominate …

Variety of plant oils: Species-specific lipid biosynthesis

AC Clews, BA Ulch, M Jesionowska… - Plant and Cell …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Plant oils represent a large group of neutral lipids with important applications in food, feed
and oleochemical industries. Most plants accumulate oils in the form of triacylglycerol within …

Multi‐omics‐driven advances in the understanding of triacylglycerol biosynthesis in oil seeds

H Li, R Che, J Zhu, X Yang, J Li, AR Fernie… - The Plant …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Vegetable oils are rich sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids and energy as well as
valuable sources of human food, animal feed, and bioenergy. Triacylglycerols, which are …

Protein interactomes for plant lipid biosynthesis and their biotechnological applications

Y Xu, SD Singer, G Chen - Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant lipids have essential biological roles in plant development and stress responses
through their functions in cell membrane formation, energy storage and signalling …