ELOVL5 and neoplasm: Increased expression of fatty acid synthase, stearoyl-CoA desaturase, FADS2, and ELOVL5 in tumor epithelial cells was correlated with changes in fatty acid contents of cellular phospholipids, which reflected the increased activities of ELOVL5/2 and FADS2 in these tumor cells (Hofmanová et al. 2021).