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Table 1 SG-related signaling pathways in cancer

From: Stress granules: functions and mechanisms in cancer

Cancer type

Downstream

Expression

Functions

References

Breast cancer

JNK

↓

Inhibits apoptosis

[84, 90]

 

β-catenin

↑

Promotes proliferation, invasion and metastasis

[91, 92]

 

MYC

↑

Promotes invasion and metastasis

[92]

 

PMP22

↓

Promotes proliferation

[93]

 

LINE-1

↑

Promotes chemotherapeutic resistance

[94]

 

HIF-1α

↑

Promotes radiation resistance

[88]

 

PD-L1

↑

Promotes immune escape

[95]

 

mTORC1

↓

Inhibits apoptosis

[96]

Cervical cancer

ROS

↓

Inhibits apoptosis

[97]

 

RBFOX2

↑

Promotes proliferation

[77, 98, 99]

 

RNH1

↓

Promotes invasion and metastasis

[100]

 

PD-1

↑

Promotes immune escape

[89]

 

ROS

↓

Promotes radiation resistance

[101]

Lung cancer

p53

↓

Inhibits apoptosis

[102–104]

 

LET-7

↓

Promotes proliferation

[83]

 

YWHAZ

↑

Inhibits apoptosis, promotes chemotherapeutic

[105]

Gastric cancer

  

resistance

 
 

TGF -β

↑

Promotes invasion and metastasis

[106]

 

β-catenin

↑

Inhibit apoptosis

[107]

Colon cancer

    

Pancreatic cancer

BART

↑

Promotes invasion and metastasis

[87, 108]

Melanoma

RB1

↑

Promotes invasion and metastasis

[77]