FASN and cancer: Expression level of dehydrogenase/reductase member 7 (dhrs7) in rat regenerating liver was more than 968-fold compared to control [27]. Cdh17 [28], nim1 [24], scd, and fasn [29] were related to disease/cancer; upregulation of fasn was in accordance with elevated moderate-chain fatty acid octanoate (8 : 0).