Unsaturated Fatty Acids Maintain Cancer Cell Stemness

Publication date: 2 March 2017
Source:Cell Stem Cell, Volume 20, Issue 3
Author(s): Abir Mukherjee, Hilary A. Kenny, Ernst Lengyel
Investigation of the metabolic regulation of cancer stem cells is an emerging field that offers promising approaches for identifying and targeting recalcitrant stem cell populations. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Li et al. (2017) indicate that increased lipid desaturation is essential to stem-like characteristics in ovarian cancer cells.

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Investigation of the metabolic regulation of cancer stem cells is an emerging field that offers promising approaches for identifying and targeting recalcitrant stem cell populations. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Li et al. (2017) indicate that increased lipid desaturation is essential to stem-like characteristics in ovarian cancer cells.


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