Lipoprotein lipase expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: New insights into leukemic progression
- Autor(es):
- Prieto, Daniel ; Oppezzo, Pablo
- Tipo:
- Artículo
- Versión:
- Aceptado
- Financiadores:
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
- Resumen:
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Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a central enzyme in lipid metabolism. Due to its catalytic activity, LPL is involved in metabolic pathways exploited by various solid and hematologic malignancies to provide an extra energy source to the tumor cell. We and others described a link between the expression of LPL in the tumor cell with a poor clinical outcome of patients suffering Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). This leukemia is characterized by a slow accumulation of mainly quiescent clonal CD5 positive B cells that infiltrates secondary lymphoid organs, bone marrow and peripheral blood. Despite the usefulness of LPL for CLL prognosis, its functional role and the molecular mechanisms regulating its expression are still matter of debate. Herein we address some of these questions reviewing the current state of the art of LPL research in CLL and providing some insights into where currently unexplored questions may lead to.
- Año:
- 2017
- Idioma:
- Inglés
- Temas:
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Lipoprotein lipase
Cancer
Prognostic Markers
Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud
Medicina Básica
Inmunología
- Institución:
- Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
- Repositorio:
- REDI
- Nivel de acceso:
- Acceso abierto
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional. (CC BY)
