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Membrane Lipid Remodeling Takes Center Stage in Growth Factor Receptor-Driven Cancer Development
Johannes V Swinnen1, Jonas Dehairs1, Ali Talebi1
1Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, LKI - Leuven Cancer Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract:
Enhanced growth factor signaling is a hallmark of cancer, allowing cancer cells to thrive in a challenging environment. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Bi et al. (2019) identify LPCAT1, a key membrane lipid remodeling enzyme, as a central link between genetically driven growth factor receptor expression, signaling, and tumor growth, highlighting lipid remodeling as a therapeutic target in cancer.
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