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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Fatty Acid Metabolism and Cancer.

Zhenning Jin, Yang D Chai, Shen Hu

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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20.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhenning JinSchool of Dentistry and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yang D ChaiSchool of Dentistry and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Shen HuSchool of Dentistry and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. shenhu@ucla.edu.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although normal cells depend on exogenous lipids to function and survive, excessive amount of body fat has been associated with increased risk for certain human cancers. Cancer cells can redirect metabolic pathways to meet energy demands through the regulation of fatty acid metabolism. The importance of de novo fatty acid synthesis and fatty acid oxidation in cancer cells suggests fatty acid metabolism may be targeted for anticancer treatment through the use of pharmacological blockade to limit cell proliferation, growth, and transformation. However, our current knowledge about fatty acid metabolism in cancer cells remains limited, and the investigations of such processes and related pathways are certainly warranted to reveal the clinical relevance of fatty acid metabolism in cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Indexed as

Fatty AcidsNeoplasmsCell ProliferationEnergy MetabolismHumansLipid MetabolismLipidsFatty AcidsLipidsCancer metabolismFatty acid oxidationFatty acid synthesis

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PMID33791986
OpenAlexW3152004576

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