An Overview of Lipid Droplets in Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells

Luca Tirinato; Francesca Pagliari; Tania Limongi; Monica Marini; Andrea Falqui; J. Seco; Patrizio Candeloro; Carlo Liberale; Enzo M. Di Fabrizio

doi:10.1155/2017/1656053

An Overview of Lipid Droplets in Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells

Luca Tirinato, Francesca Pagliari, Tania Limongi, Monica Marini, Andrea Falqui, J. Seco, Patrizio Candeloro, Carlo Liberale, Enzo M. Di Fabrizio

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Abstract

For decades, lipid droplets have been considered as the main cellular organelles involved in the fat storage, because of their lipid composition. However, in recent years, some new and totally unexpected roles have been discovered for them: (i) they are active sites for synthesis and storage of inflammatory mediators, and (ii) they are key players in cancer cells and tissues, especially in cancer stem cells. In this review, we summarize the main concepts related to the lipid droplet structure and function and their involvement in inflammatory and cancer processes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
Journal	Stem Cells International
Volume	2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1656053
State	Published - Aug 13 2017

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Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge financial support from KAUST Baseline Research Funds (BAS/1-1064-01-01 and BAS/1-1066-01-01) to C. Liberale and A. Falqui, respectively, and from KAUST start-up funding (Project no. GR-2010-2320665) to E. Di Fabrizio.

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