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ArticleNature metabolism2024

Spatial single-cell isotope tracing reveals heterogeneity of de novo fatty acid synthesis in cancer.

Elena Buglakova, Måns Ekelöf, Michaela Schwaiger-Haber, Lisa Schlicker, Martijn R Molenaar, Mohammed Shahraz, Lachlan Stuart, Andreas Eisenbarth, Volker Hilsenstein, Gary J Patti and 3 more

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Article in Nature metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Elena BuglakovaStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-9100-314X
Måns EkelöfStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0917-9540
Michaela Schwaiger-HaberDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2715-753X
Lisa SchlickerDivision of Tumor Metabolism and Microenvironment, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-2289
Martijn R MolenaarStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5221-608X
Mohammed ShahrazStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
Lachlan StuartStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
Andreas EisenbarthStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1113-9556
Volker HilsensteinStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2255-2960
Gary J PattiDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-6193
Almut SchulzeDivision of Tumor Metabolism and Microenvironment, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany. almut.schulze@dkfz-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8199-6422
Marteinn T SnaebjornssonDivision of Tumor Metabolism and Microenvironment, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany. m.snaebjoernsson@dkfz-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4457-5726
Theodore AlexandrovStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany. talexandrov@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-6125

Funding

Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Brian N Finck · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
Developing Metabolomic Technologies to Advance Environmental Exposure AnalysisR35ES028365 · NIEHS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PATTI, GARY J · 2017 to 2024
$5.9M
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) FOR-2314Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) SCHU 2670-1/2EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101101077EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 773089NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES028365Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) PROMETEX
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While heterogeneity is a key feature of cancer, understanding metabolic heterogeneity at the single-cell level remains a challenge. Here we present

Indexed as

Fatty AcidsSingle-Cell AnalysisAcetyl Coenzyme AAnimalsCarbon IsotopesCell Line, TumorGlucoseHumansLipogenesisLiver NeoplasmsMiceNeoplasmsAcetyl Coenzyme ACarbon IsotopesFatty AcidsGlucose

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PMID39251875
PMCPMC11422168

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