SNAI1 and renal carcinoma: In fact, acetate is able to increase Snail Family Transcriptional Repressor 1 (SNAI1), a zinc finger protein involved in downregulation of the expression of E-cadherin and mediator of the EMT, and Acyl-CoA Synthetase Short Chain Family Member 2 (ACSS2) under glucose limitation in renal carcinoma cells [31] (Figure 1).