ArticleCancers2020
Chronic Disruption of the Late Cholesterol Synthesis Leads to Female-Prevalent Liver Cancer.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between blood lipid levels and the risk of liver cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Pooled it
- Hepatic management of toxic sterols after acute deletion of Cyp51 from cholesterol synthesis.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Article
- Cross-Species Upregulation ofCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- The importance of sex dimorphism in liver metabolism and progressive liver diseases.Biology of sex differences · 2025Review
- The Niemann-Pick C1 Protein of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Associated with Survival Time in Males and Tumor Size in Females.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Hallmarks of Cancer Cachexia: Sexual Dimorphism in Related Pathways.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Knockouts ofiScience · 2024Article
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- Circular RNA hsa_circ_0062682 Binds to YBX1 and Promotes Oncogenesis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Cancers · 2022Article
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- Sex-dependent dynamics of metabolism in primary mouse hepatocytes.Archives of toxicology · 2021Article
- Guided extraction of genome-scale metabolic models for the integration and analysis of omics data.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2021Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
While the role of cholesterol in liver carcinogenesis remains controversial, hepatocellular carcinoma generally prevails in males. Herein, we uncover pathways of female-prevalent progression to hepatocellular carcinoma due to chronic repression of cholesterogenic lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) in hepatocytes. Tumors develop in knock-out mice after year one, with 2:1 prevalence in females. Metabolic and transcription factor networks were deduced from the liver transcriptome data, combined by sterol metabolite and blood parameter analyses, and interpreted with relevance to humans. Female knock-outs show increased plasma cholesterol and HDL, dampened lipid-related transcription factors FXR, LXRα:RXRα, and importantly, crosstalk between reduced LXRα and activated TGF-β signalling, indicating a higher susceptibility to HCC in aging females. PI3K/Akt signalling and ECM-receptor interaction are common pathways that are disturbed by sex-specific altered genes. Additionally, transcription factors (SOX9)2 and PPARα were recognized as important for female hepatocarcinogenesis, while overexpressed
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