LPCAT1 and prostate carcinoma: A proposed mechanism of the influence of Ruminococcus in unfavourable prostate cancer outcomes is via upregulation of lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1), which may contribute to neoplasia via DNA repair pathways, phosphatidylcholine remodeling, or mRNA synthesis and production of platelet activating factor (37).