Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30242145›Full record

ReviewExperimental & molecular medicine2018

The implications of signaling lipids in cancer metastasis.

Xiangjian Luo, Xu Zhao, Can Cheng, Namei Li, Ying Liu, Ya Cao

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Review in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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74citing papers in PubMed
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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Lipid Biochemistry and its Role in Human Diseases.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiangjian LuoKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, PR China. luocsu@csu.edu.cn.
Xu ZhaoKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, PR China.
Can ChengKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, PR China.
Namei LiKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, PR China.
Ying LiuDepartment of Medicine, Hunan Traditional Chinese Medical College, Zhuzhou, Hunan, 412000, China.
Ya CaoKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Invasion, Chinese Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, PR China.
Central South University · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CNHunan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis is the most malignant stage of cancer. Lipid metabolic abnormalities are now increasingly recognized as characteristics of cancer cells. The accumulation of certain lipid species, such as signaling lipids, due to the avidity of lipid metabolism may be a causal factor of tumor malignant progression and metastatic behavior. In this review, we first describe signaling lipids implicated in cancer migration, invasion and metastasis. Next, we summarize the regulatory signaling hubs of lipid anabolic and catabolic metabolism. We then address lipid-rich circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and the lipid composition of exosomes budded off from tumor cells. We also present advances in targeting the regulatory hubs of lipid metabolism and signaling lipids in cancer therapy. Given the complexity of metabolic disorders in cancer, the development of significant portfolios of approaches to target signaling lipids by the integration of multiple chemical modulations, as well as molecular imaging modalities, should offer promising strategies for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Lipid MetabolismSignal TransductionAnimalsExosomesHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasms

Identifiers

PMID30242145
PMCPMC6154999
OpenAlexW2889913954

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