SLC7A5 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Through this metabolic rewiring, LAT1 overexpression enables tumor cells to adapt to stress and sustain proliferation, thereby linking its functional role as a nutrient gatekeeper with the aggressive phenotype observed in LAT1-high HNSCC (PMID: 25580517; PMID: 26749017; PMID: 32198649).