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Lipogenesis and lipolysis: the pathways exploited by the cancer cells to acquire fatty acids.

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Recent reports indicate that lipolytically acquired FAs may provide an additional source of FAs for cancer, and current understanding of lipogenic and lipolytic pathways in cancer cell progression is focused on.
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This article is published in Progress in Lipid Research.The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 364 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fatty acid synthesis & Lipogenesis.

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Diverse Stakeholders of Tumor Metabolism: An Appraisal of the Emerging Approach of Multifaceted Metabolic Targeting by 3-Bromopyruvate.

TL;DR: This review presents a brief and comprehensive discussion about the current state of knowledge concerning various aspects of tumor metabolism and explores the prospects of 3-BP as a safe and effective antineoplastic agent.
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Functional validation of metabolic genes that distinguish Gleason 3 from Gleason 4 prostate cancer foci.

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The Effect of Fatty Acids on Ciprofloxacin Cytotoxic Activity in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines—Does Lipid Component Enhance Anticancer Ciprofloxacin Potential?

TL;DR: The findings confirm the involvement of lipid metabolism in prostate carcinogenesis indicating a target for fatty acids as drug carriers and suggested the cytotoxic potential of ciprofloxacin conjugates with reduction in proteins involved in prostate cancer progress.
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Understanding the Warburg Effect: The Metabolic Requirements of Cell Proliferation

TL;DR: It is proposed that the metabolism of cancer cells, and indeed all proliferating cells, is adapted to facilitate the uptake and incorporation of nutrients into the biomass needed to produce a new cell.
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Fatty acid synthase and the lipogenic phenotype in cancer pathogenesis

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How do cancer cells supply lipids?

Cancer cells can synthesize fatty acids de novo and also acquire lipids through extracellular lipolysis.