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Table 1 Diagnostic lipid signatures in cancers

From: How cancer cells remodel lipid metabolism: strategies targeting transcription factors

Cancer type

Control samples

Cancer samples

Biofluid

Altered lipids

References

Hepatocellular carcinoma

14

23

Plasma

SFA (12:0, 14:0, 15:0, 16:0, 20:0, 22:0)

MUFA (16:1n-7, 17:1n-9, 18:1n-9, 22:1n-9)

PUFA (18:2n-6, 20:4n-6, 22:5n-3)

[42]

42

42

Tissue

SFA (14:0, 15:0)

MUFA (14:1, 16:1n-7, 17:1n-9, 18:1n-9, 24:1n-9)

PUFA (18:2n-6, 20:3n-6, 22:2n-6, 22:4n-6, 22:5n-3, 22:6n-3)

Bladder cancer

31

31

Tissue

SFA (4:0, 6:0, 7:0, 8:0, 16:0)

MUFA (16:1n-7, 20:1n-9)

PUFA (18:2n-6, 18:3n-3, 18:4n-3 20:1n-9, 20:2n-6, 20:5n-3, 22:2n-6, 22:3n-3, 22:5n-3, 22:6n-3), CHO

[43]

Lymphoma

29

47

Plasma

SFA (16:0)

MUFA (18:1n-9)

PUFA (18:2n-6, 20:5n-3, 22:4n-6, 22:6n-3)

[44]

Colorectal cancer

12

17

Plasma

SFA (16:0)

MUFA (18:1n-7, 18:1n-9)

PUFA (18:2n-6, 20:3n-6)

TG, CHO

[9]

20

20

Tissue

SFA (14:0, 18:0)

MUFA (16:1, 18:1)

PUFA (18:2, 20:4, 20:5, 22:2, 22:3)

TG, CHO

[10]

25

25

Tissue

SFA (16:0, 18:0)

MUFA (16:1, 18:1)

PUFA (18:3, 20:4, 20:5, 22:6)

TG, CHO

[11]

Lymphoblastic leukemia

22

80

Plasma

TG, LDL

[13]

Prostate cancer

14

20

Plasma

SFA (18:0)

PUFA (18:2n-6, 20:4)

TG, CHO

[12]

  1. SFA saturated fatty acids; MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids; TG triglyceride; CHO cholesterol; LDL low-density lipoprotein; HDL high-density lipoprotein