Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38272906›Full record

ReviewCell death & disease2024

The implications of FASN in immune cell biology and related diseases.

Yucai Xiao, Yonghong Yang, Huabao Xiong, Guanjun Dong

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cell death & disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Insights Into circRNA-Mediated Lipid Metabolism in Cancer Progression.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Review
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yucai XiaoCheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Yonghong YangMedical Research Center, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, 272007, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9083-2801
Huabao XiongInstitute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272067, Shandong, China. xionghbl@yahoo.com.
Guanjun DongInstitute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272067, Shandong, China. guanjun0323@mail.jnmc.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6185-1771
Jining Medical University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acid metabolism, particularly fatty acid synthesis, is a very important cellular physiological process in which nutrients are used for energy storage and biofilm synthesis. As a key enzyme in the fatty acid metabolism, fatty acid synthase (FASN) is receiving increasing attention. Although previous studies on FASN have mainly focused on various malignancies, many studies have recently reported that FASN regulates the survival, differentiation, and function of various immune cells, and subsequently participates in the occurrence and development of immune-related diseases. However, few studies to date systematically summarized the function and molecular mechanisms of FASN in immune cell biology and related diseases. In this review, we discuss the regulatory effect of FASN on immune cells, and the progress in research on the implications of FASN in immune-related diseases. Understanding the function of FASN in immune cell biology and related diseases can offer insights into novel treatment strategies for clinical diseases.

Indexed as

Fatty Acid SynthasesLipogenesisCell Line, TumorFatty AcidsLipid MetabolismFatty AcidsFatty Acid Synthases

Identifiers

PMID38272906
PMCPMC10810964
OpenAlexW4391222250

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.