However, monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) are synthesized by SCD, and induce a ferroptosis-resistant state in ovarian cancer (Tesfay et al., 2019) and lung cancer cells (Wohlhieter et al., 2020) by reducing the accumulation of cytotoxic lipid ROS in the biomembrane. This evidence concerns the gene SCD and lung carcinoma.