%0 Journal Article %T When fats commit crimes: fatty acid metabolism, cancer stemness and therapeutic resistance %A Ching-Ying Kuo %A David K. Ann %J Archive of "Cancer Communications". %D 2018 %R 10.1186/s40880-018-0317-9 %X Fatty acid metabolism in cancer. Key enzymes involved in fatty acid (FA) metabolism. Orange-highlighted enzymes have been reported as altered in cancer or associated with cancer stemness. ACC acetyl-CoA carboxylase, ACLY ATP citrate lyase, ACSS2 acyl-CoA synthetase short-chain family member 2, FASN fatty acid synthase, CPT1/2 carnitine/palmitoyl-transferase 1/2, CACT carnitine acylcarnitine translocase, FAO fatty acid oxidation, IDH isocitrate dehydrogenase, TCA cycle tricarboxylic acid cycle, PDK pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, PDH pyruvate dehydrogenase, P phosphorylation, U ubiquitylation, Ac acetylatio %K Fatty acid synthesis %K Fatty acid oxidation %K Fatty acid metabolism %K Lipogenic phenotype %K Cancer stem cells %K Tumor-initiating cells %K Cancer cell plasticity %K Therapeutic resistance %K Drug-tolerant persisters %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042406/