Carnitine palmitoyl transferase IA (CPT1A) is a rate-limiting enzyme of fatty acid oxidation (FAO), whose upregulation in CAFs promotes the proliferation, migration and invasion of colon cancer cells by increasing the ability of CAFs to release cytokines such as chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). This evidence concerns the gene MMP2 and colonic neoplasm.