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Lipid in Renal Carcinoma: Queen Bee to Target?
Trends in cancer - 1 Jun 2020
Tan Sze Kiat, Welford Scott M
Abstract excerpt
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common renal cancer subtype, characterized by a lipid storage phenotype. We found that carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A), the rate-limiting enzyme of mitochondrial fatty acid (FA) transport, is repressed by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), reducing FA oxidation (FAO). Altering lipid metabolism may be a new therapeutic avenue in ccRCC.
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