Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase1 overexpression promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma progression via enhanced biosynthesis of platelet-activating factor.

The relevance of lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase1 (LPCAT1), a cytosolic enzyme in the remodeling pathway of phosphatidylcholine metabolism, in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is unknown. We investigated LPCAT1 expression and its functional mechanism in OSCCs.We analyzed LPCAT1 mRNA and p...

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Main Authors: Tomomi Shida-Sakazume, Yosuke Endo-Sakamoto, Motoharu Unozawa, Chonji Fukumoto, Ken Shimada, Atsushi Kasamatsu, Katsunori Ogawara, Hidetaka Yokoe, Masashi Shiiba, Hideki Tanzawa, Katsuhiro Uzawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4372572?pdf=render