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ReviewMolecular medicine reports2025

Adaptation mechanisms in cancer: Lipid metabolism under hypoxia and nutrient deprivation as a target for novel therapeutic strategies (Review).

Shiro Koizume, Yohei Miyagi

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Review in Molecular medicine reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shiro KoizumeMolecular Pathology and Genetics Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241‑8515, Japan.
Yohei MiyagiMolecular Pathology and Genetics Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa 241‑8515, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor tissues generally exist in a relatively hypovascular state, and cancer cells must adapt to severe tissue conditions with a limited molecular oxygen and nutrient supply for their survival. Lipid metabolism serves a role in this adaptation. Lipids are supplied not only through the bloodstream but also through autonomous synthesis by cancer cells, and they function as sources of adenosine triphosphate and cell components. Although cancer‑associated lipid metabolism has been widely reviewed, how this metabolism responds to the tumor environment with poor molecular oxygen and nutrient supply remains to be fully discussed. The main aim of the present review was to summarize the findings on this issue and to provide insights into how cancer cells adapt to better cope with metabolic stresses within tumors. It may be suggested that diverse types of lipid metabolism have a role in enabling cancer cells to adapt to both hypoxia and nutrient‑poor conditions. Gaining a deeper understanding of these molecular mechanisms may reveal novel possibilities of exploration for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalHypoxiaLipid MetabolismNeoplasmsNutrientsAnimalsCell HypoxiaHumansTumor MicroenvironmentNutrientsamino acid deprivationcancerglucose deprivationhypoxialipid metabolism

Identifiers

PMID39886950
PMCPMC11799873

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