Could one protein play both sides? How Stard7 shifts colon cancer in different models

MedicalXpress | 四月 02, 2026

Alain Chariot's team has just published a study in EMBO Molecular Medicine shedding light on the unexpected role of the Stard7 protein in the development of intestinal cancers. Long regarded as a simple lipid transporter, Stard7 now emerges as a key player in mitochondrial metabolism and tumor initiation in the intestine.