FASN, fatty acid synthase, 2194

N. diseases: 245; N. variants: 6
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE We observed that conditioned medium from HMSC-derived adipocytes significantly increased mRNA transcription levels of cancer-associated genes such as FASN, STAT3 and cIAP2, while EPA-treated HMSC-derived adipocytes significantly reduced mRNA levels of these genes. 31704550 2020
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE However, FAS is overexpressed in cancer cells and correlates with tumor malignancy, which makes FAS an attractive selective therapeutic target in tumorigenesis. 31811668 2020
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE As the first evidence to confirm dysregulated lipid metabolism in cancer cells, the overexpression of fatty acid synthase (FAS) was observed in breast cancer patients and demonstrated the role of FAS in cancer. 30741424 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE There is growing consensus on the oncogenicity of FASN-driven lipogenesis and the potential of FASN as a druggable target in cancer. 31422225 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Cancer is associated with mutations in genes controlling proliferation and apoptosis, oxidative stress, fatty acid synthase (FAS) expression, and other mechanisms. 30465055 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE These data provide a novel molecular basis of osajin in PCa cells, and cotargeting lipogenesis and the AR axis via impairment of FASN and AR expression by osajin could be applied as a new and promising approach for the treatment of malignant PCa. 31299104 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE The current study puts forward an excellent core structure for the development of potent FASN inhibitors for successfully targeting cancer cell metabolism, thereby causing selective cell death. 31095793 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE FASN inhibition has been shown to be effective in killing cancer cells, but progress in the field has been hindered by off-target effects and poor pharmaceutical properties of candidate compounds. 31300609 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE These results render FASN as a potential target for cancer prevention studies. 31676791 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Design and synthesis of a series of bioavailable fatty acid synthase (FASN) KR domain inhibitors for cancer therapy. 29779975 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE This is a review of the lipogenic phenotype of cancer and how this phenomenon can be exploited for cancer therapy using inhibitors of FASN, with particular emphasis on orlistat as a repurposing drug. 29723075 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Natural products inhibiting fatty acid synthase are potential therapeutic agents to treat cancer. 27291048 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is downstream of ACC, and previous studies have shown that FASN activity influences both cancer and inflammation. 28848043 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE C75 represses <i>KIT</i> transactivation, abrogates PI3K/AKT/mTOR activation, and provides a rationale for dual blockade of KIT and FASN in treating imatinib-resistant GISTs.<i>Clin Cancer Res; 23(16); 4908-18.©2017 AACR</i>. 28442505 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Orlistat is a weight loss drug that inhibits gastric lipases, but is also a potent inhibitor of fatty acid synthase (FASN), which is overexpressed in many types of cancer. 28615298 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is a key enzyme for de novo lipogenesis, and it has been suggested as a potential therapeutic target in cancer and obesity. 28726934 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE SK-UT-1 uterine leiomyosarcomas (Ut-LMS) cells were transduced with a fatty acid synthase (FASN)-containing retroviral vector to recapitulate the "lipogenic phenotype of cancer." 28654693 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE However, despite the ever-growing evidence demonstrating the involvement of FASN as part of the cancer-associated metabolic reprogramming, translation of the basic science-discovery aspects of FASN blockade to the clinical arena remains a challenge. 28922023 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Collectively, these results suggest that the altered lipid metabolism found in <i>NF2</i>-mutant cells renders them sensitive to elevated levels of malonyl-CoA, as occurs following blockade of FASN, suggesting new targeted strategies in the treatment of <i>NF2</i>-deficient tumors.<i>Cancer Res; 77(18); 5026-38.©2017 AACR</i>. 28729415 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Substantial studies on fatty acid synthase (FASN) have focused on its role in regulating lipid metabolism and researchers have a great interest in treating cancer with dietary manipulation of amino acids. 27579768 2016
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Despite extensive research in FASN function on cancer, the underlying mechanism is not entirely understood yet. 26109148 2016
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE The siRNA-mediated FASN gene knockdown in RB cancer cells (Y79, WERI RB1) repressed FASN mRNA and protein expressions, and decreased cancer cell viability. 25958981 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE FASN is therefore a metabolic marker of cell proliferation rather than a marker of malignancy and is a useful target for future drug development. 25302649 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is altered in metabolic disorders and cancer. 25565205 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is highly expressed in many kinds of human cancers, including liver cancer. 23821378 2014