FASN, fatty acid synthase, 2194

N. diseases: 215; N. variants: 6
Source: BEFREE ×
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In this report, we demonstrate that the expression of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN has a significant inverse correlation with FAS expression in the case of prostate cancer in the clinical setting, and inhibition of the PTEN gene leads to the overexpression of FAS in vitro. 15897909 2005
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results demonstrate that FASN is a crucial mediator of SPOP-induced inhibition of PCa cell growth. 30955223 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE A hallmark of prostate cancer progression is dysregulation of lipid metabolism via overexpression of fatty acid synthase (FASN), a key enzyme in de novo fatty acid synthesis. 30578319 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we hypothesised that orlistat, a FASN inhibitor, could improve RT outcomes in prostate cancer. 31527721 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To examine mechanisms, we established FASN knockdown prostate cancer cells by transduction of short-hairpin RNA against FASN and investigated the characteristics by analyses on morphology and cell behavior and microarray-based gene expression profiling. 23741342 2013
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we show positive correlation between PPARγ and FASN protein in PCa cell lines and synergism between TZDs and FASN blockers in PCa cell viability reduction and apoptosis induction. 21170507 2011
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE As regards intermediary metabolic enzymes, aconitase and fatty acid synthase, already implicated in prostate cancer, were evaluated. 16798056 2006
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Both proteins have been implicated in prostate cancer (PCa) progression, and Cav-1 regulates FASN expression in a mouse model of aggressive PCa. 18635971 2008
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In contrast, FASN expression had no prognostic value for PCa. 30559929 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Finally, immune-histochemical staining indicate that PKD3 expression is positively correlated with expression of FASN and SREBP1 in prostate cancers. 31772672 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Similarly, overweight patients with elevated tumor FASN expression had a 2.73 (95% CI, 1.05 to 7.08) times higher risk of lethal PCa (P(interaction) = .02). 20679621 2010
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our previous work has shown up-regulated mRNA of the transcription factor early growth response 1 (EGR-1) and the lipogenic enzyme fatty acid synthase (FAS) in tissues adjacent to prostate cancer. 22127986 2012
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is reported to be overexpressed in several cancers including PCa, and this has led to clinical cancer treatments that utilize various FASN inhibitors such as the anti-obesity drug, Orlistat. 28387458 2017
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Orlistat is an irreversible inhibitor of FASN activity with cytotoxic properties on several cancer cell lines that inhibits tumor progression and metastasis in prostate cancer xenografts and experimental melanomas, respectively. 24362464 2014
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The findings suggest that FAS is involved in the antiproliferative effect of 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) in presence of androgens on prostate cancer LNCaP cells. 12798352 2003
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The link between prostate cancer (PC) development and lipid metabolism is well established, with AR intimately involved in a number of lipogenic processes involving SREBP1, PPARG, FASN, ACC, ACLY and SCD1. 29466694 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Fatty-acid synthase (FASN), selectively overexpressed in prostate cancer (PCa) cells, has been described as linked to the aggressiveness of PCa. 25868764 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that expression of P300 protein positively correlates with FASN protein levels in a cohort of human PCa specimens. 26934656 2016
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, using an RNA array hybridisation technique complemented by in situ hybridisation, we report that in prostate cancer fatty acid synthase expression is up-regulated at the mRNA level together with other enzymes of the same metabolic pathway. 11004665 2000
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Common SNPs in the fatty acid synthase pathway are not major contributors to prostate cancer risk. 20965718 2011
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Whereas the latter group of tumors expressed some proapoptotic genes, tumors with high FAS levels overexpressed, among other genes, its transcriptional regulator, steroid regulator binding protein, and apolipoprotein E. These data demonstrate (1) the consistent overexpression of FAS in prostate carcinoma compared with the adjacent normal tissue, (2) a strong association between FAS and prostate tumor initiation and progression, (3) the highest FAS expression occurring in androgen-independent bone metastases, (4) the transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of FAS in the majority and in a subset of prostate cancers, respectively, and (5) most importantly, the identification by FAS expression of prostate tumors with unique molecular signatures and potentially diverse biologic behavior. 12939396 2003
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE One of the key enzymes involved in lipogenesis is fatty acid synthase (FAS), a potential prognostic enzyme and therapeutic target that is found to be frequently overexpressed in a variety of cancers including prostate cancer. 9067276 1997
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Immunohistochemistry alone showed 59% of prostate cancer specimens in the same tissue microarray with high FASN expression. 16564913 2006
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we show that the abilities of FASN and MAGL to promote nuclear receptor activation and PCa metastasis are critically dependent upon co-expression of FABP5 in vitro and in vivo. 31831821 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Consistent with these observations, the expression of the <i>SREBF1, FASN,</i> and <i>SCD1</i> genes is significantly correlated in human prostate cancer tumor clinical specimens. 29784665 2018