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Weiqi Duan1, Qian Jian1, Bo Sun1,2,3
1Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Lipid metabolism reprogramming drives malignant proliferation and invasiveness in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Beyond supplying energy and membrane components, lipids function as signaling molecules that modulate tumor cell epigenetics and the microenvironment. Accumulating research has clarified the implications of these metabolic alterations in HCC, providing a rationale for targeted therapies. This review summarizes key alterations in lipid metabolism within HCC and explores their mechanistic contributions to tumor progression. It further examines how lipid metabolic shifts in immune and stromal cells of the tumor microenvironment promote HCC advancement. Finally, we discuss the therapeutic potential of targeting lipid metabolism in liver cancer treatment.
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