ArticleBioMed research international2021
Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein 3 Expression Upregulation Is Involved in Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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- Interferon-induced transmembrane (IFITM) proteins at the tumour-immune interface: A four-axis framework for their context-dependent roles.Clinical and translational medicine · 2026Review
- IFITM3 promotes an M2-like tumor-supportive microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Article
- Clinical Implications of UpregulatedDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association of IFNL4 and IFITM3 Genetic Variants with Susceptibility to HCV-Related Liver Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
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- Role of interferon-induced transmembrane protein family in cancer progression: a special focus on pancreatic cancer.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024Review
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- Taurodeoxycholic acid-YAP1 upregulates OTX1 in promoting gallbladder cancer malignancy through IFITM3-dependent AKT activation.Oncogene · 2023Article
- Whole-embryonic identification of maternal microchimeric cell types in mouse using single-cell RNA sequencing.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- IFITM3 promotes malignant progression, cancer stemness and chemoresistance of gastric cancer by targeting MET/AKT/FOXO3/c-MYC axis.Cell & bioscience · 2022Article
- IFITM protein regulation and functions: Far beyond the fight against viruses.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeInterferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) is a key signaling molecule regulating cell growth in some tumors, but its function and mechanism in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unknown. Our study investigated the relationship between the expression of IFITM3 and HCC development.
resultsIFITM3 expression was higher in HCC tissues than in adjacent normal tissues, and the level of IFITM3 was higher in HCC tissues with low differentiation and metastatic potential than in those with high/medium differentiation and without metastatic potential. A higher RNA level of IFITM3 was found in samples with IFITM3 rs12252-CC genotype rather than the TT genotype. Knockdown of IFITM3 in PLC/PRF/5 cells inhibited cell proliferation and migration, blocked the expression of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, and decreased the expression of vimentin. The results were opposite with the overexpression of IFITM3.
conclusionUpregulation of IFITM3 plays a role in the development of HCC. Possibly through regulating HCC cell proliferation and migration, these effects are associated with the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Upregulation of IFITM3 is also associated with the IFITM3 rs12252-CC genotype.
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