Lipids and Small Metabolites in Cancer—2nd Edition
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 28
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Dear Colleagues,
Small-molecule metabolites, such as amino acids, fatty acids, lipids, and numerous components of biochemical pathways, have emerged as a characteristic feature of tumor development. A high number of omics data have allowed us to identify changes in the metabolome and the lipidome as a new hallmark of tumorigenesis. Our understanding of pathological changes in the complex metabolome and lipidome has drastically improved. Cluster and pathway analyses of large datasets are vital bioinformatic tools used to decode specific molecular patterns and functions involved in the pathogenesis of tumors. The functional rewiring of disease-affected molecular cohorts can fuel complex multimodal therapeutic solutions with an improved capacity to overcome resistance mechanisms.
For this Special Issue, titled “Lipids and Small Metabolites in Cancer—2nd Edition”, we welcome research and review articles on all aspects of the metabolome and lipidome in cancer, enabling a comprehensive view of this topic based on omics screens, bioinformatics, targeted analyses, in vitro and in vivo experiments, and clinical results.
Dr. Zsolt Balogi
Dr. Laszlo Vigh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lipid
- small metabolites
- cancer
- metabolome- and lipidome-related mechanisms
- amino acids
- fatty acids
- numerous components of biochemical pathways
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