1 Nitric oxide mediates metabolic coupling of omentum-derived adipose to ovarian and endometrial cancer cells Bahar Salimian 1 , Christine Caneba 2 , Aleksandra Nowicka 3 , Ahmad W. Nabiyar 4 , Xinran Liu 1 , Kevin Chen 2 , Ann Klopp 3 , and Deepak Nagrath 1, 2* 1, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005 2, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005 3, University of Texas, MD Anderson, Houston, TX, 77005 4, GE Power & Water, 6060 Spine Road, Boulder, CO 80301 Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest The authors disclose no potential conflicts of interest. To whom correspondence should be addressed: * Deepak Nagrath, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, MS-362, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, Phone: 713-348-6408, Email: deepak.nagrath@rice.edu Running Title: Omentum and Ovarian Cancer Crosstalk Keywords: gynecological cancers, tumor microenvironment, adipose stromal cells, Nitric oxide Research. on January 2, 2016. © 2014 American Association for Cancer cancerres.aacrjournals.org Downloaded from Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on November 25, 2014; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1337