The role of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) in the cancer progress.

Abstract

In recent years, metabolism is talked highly important in cancer research, especially the lipid metabolism. Researchers believe that the de novo fatty acid synthesis plays an important role in tumor development, while many studies illustrated that Endocannabinoids have anti-tumorigenic actions, including anti-proliferation, apoptosis induction, and anti-metastatic effects, MAGL as an important decomposing enzyme of both lipid metabolism and endocannabinoids system, additionally as a part of a gene expression signature contributes to different aspects of tumourigenesis.

• Authors: Hong Qin, Zhi-hua Ruan
• Journal: Cell biochemistry and biophysics (Cell Biochem Biophys) Vol. 70 Issue 1 Pg. 33-6 (Sep 2014) ISSN: 1559-0283 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24633487 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Endocannabinoids
• Monoacylglycerol Lipases

Topics

• Disease Progression
• Endocannabinoids (metabolism)
• Humans
• Lipid Metabolism
• Monoacylglycerol Lipases (metabolism)
• Neoplasms (enzymology, metabolism)