CD36 and cancer: Ladanyi et al. demonstrated a role for adipocytes in the stimulation of CD36 and Fatty acid transport protein 1 (FATP1) in ovarian cancer cells (Ladanyi et al., 2018) suggesting a significant role for cancer-associated adipocytes in tumor growth and metastasis through favoring lipid utilization and uptake and metabolic reprogramming (Yao and He, 2021).