Lipid metabolism and cancer

X Bian, R Liu, Y Meng, D **ng, D Xu, Z Lu - Journal of Experimental …, 2020‏ - 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 …

Mechanisms and regulation of cholesterol homeostasis

J Luo, H Yang, BL Song - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020‏ - nature.com
Cholesterol homeostasis is vital for proper cellular and systemic functions. Disturbed
cholesterol balance underlies not only cardiovascular disease but also an increasing …

Liver X receptors in lipid signalling and membrane homeostasis

B Wang, P Tontonoz - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Liver X receptors α and β (LXRα and LXRβ) are nuclear receptors with pivotal roles in the
transcriptional control of lipid metabolism. Transcriptional activity of LXRs is induced in …

Aster proteins facilitate nonvesicular plasma membrane to ER cholesterol transport in mammalian cells

J Sandhu, S Li, L Fairall, SG Pfisterer, JE Gurnett… - Cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying sterol transport in mammalian cells are poorly understood. In
particular, how cholesterol internalized from HDL is made available to the cell for storage or …

Targeting SREBP-2-regulated mevalonate metabolism for cancer therapy

L Xue, H Qi, H Zhang, L Ding, Q Huang, D Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Recently, targeting metabolic reprogramming has emerged as a potential therapeutic
approach for fighting cancer. Sterol regulatory element binding protein-2 (SREBP-2), a basic …

Transcriptional regulation of macrophage cholesterol efflux and atherogenesis by a long noncoding RNA

T Sallam, M Jones, BJ Thomas, X Wu, T Gilliland… - Nature medicine, 2018‏ - nature.com
Nuclear receptors regulate gene expression in response to environmental cues, but the
molecular events governing the cell type specificity of nuclear receptors remain poorly …

Molecular pathways underlying cholesterol homeostasis

MS Afonso, RM Machado, MS Lavrador, ECR Quintao… - Nutrients, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Cholesterol is an essential molecule that exerts pleiotropic actions. Although its presence is
vital to the cell, its excess can be harmful and, therefore, sustaining cholesterol homeostasis …

The ubiquitous role of ubiquitination in lipid metabolism

M Loix, N Zelcer, JFJ Bogie, JJA Hendriks - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Lipids are essential molecules that play key roles in cell physiology by serving as structural
components, for storage of energy, and in signal transduction. Hence, efficient regulation …

Enhanced SREBP2-driven cholesterol biosynthesis by PKCλ/ι deficiency in intestinal epithelial cells promotes aggressive serrated tumorigenesis

Y Muta, JF Linares, A Martinez-Ordoñez… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The metabolic and signaling pathways regulating aggressive mesenchymal colorectal
cancer (CRC) initiation and progression through the serrated route are largely unknown …

Cholesterol metabolism in cancer and cell death

F Chen, Y Lu, J Lin, R Kang, J Liu - Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 2023‏ - liebertpub.com
Significance: Cholesterol is a type of lipid that plays a crucial role in building and
maintaining cell membranes, producing certain hormones, and aiding in digestion. The two …