ArticleJournal of oncology2022
ARL4C Regulates the Progression of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Affecting the Wnt/
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- Implications of ADP-Ribosylation Factor-Like Protein 4C (ARL4C) in Human Neoplasia With Special Emphasis on Ameloblastoma: A Scoping Review.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026Article
- Sex-related differences in gene expression in early-stage bladder cancer revealed by whole-transcriptome sequencing.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Single-cell RNA sequencing comparison of CD4+, CD8+ and T-cell receptor γδ+ cutaneous T-cell lymphomas reveals subset-specific molecular phenotypes.The British journal of dermatology · 2025Article
- The potential of ARL4C and its-mediated genes in atherosclerosis and agent development.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Small GTPase ARL4C Associated with Various Cancers Affects Microtubule Nucleation.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Wnt/β-catenin-driven EMT regulation in human cancers.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Review
- Ursolic acid inhibits the metastasis of colon cancer by downregulating ARL4C expression.Oncology reports · 2024Article
- Prognostic stratification of sepsis through DNA damage response based RiskScore system: insights from single-cell RNA-sequencing and transcriptomic profiling.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- ARL4C is associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- ARL9 is upregulated and serves as a biomarker for a poor prognosis in colon adenocarcinoma.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Article
- The role of ARL4C in predicting prognosis and immunotherapy drug susceptibility in pan-cancer analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- TTC13 expression and STAT3 activation may form a positive feedback loop to promote ccRCC progression.PeerJ · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the expression of the ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF)-like proteins (ARLs) and ARL4C in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) based on bioinformatics analysis and experimentally determine the effect and mechanism of ARL4C on cellular properties involved in ccRCC progression. Methods: After downloading the data of cancer patients from the TCGA database, we used various bioinformatics analysis websites and methods to analyze the expression and function of ARLs and ARL4C. The differential expression of ARL4C in clinical renal cancer tissues versus adjacent normal tissues was further verified using immunohistochemistry and real-time quantitative reverse-transcription (qRT-PCR). qRT-PCR was used to explore the expression of ARL4C mRNA in normal renal cells versus different ccRCC cell lines, and the protein expression of ARL4C was further verified using western blotting. CCK-8, colony formation, and EdU assays were used to determine the effect of ARL4C knockdown on ccRCC cell proliferation. We also used wound healing and Transwell assays to analyze the changes in ccRCC cell migration and invasion following ARL4C knockdown. Finally, we used western blotting to probe the molecular mode of action of ARL4C in ccRCC cells after exposure to Wnt signaling pathway agonists. Results: Biological function analysis showed that methylation of ARL4C and changes in immune cell infiltration and targeted drug sensitivity caused by altered ARL4C expression affected the prognosis of ccRCC. Further bioinformatics analysis suggested that the expression of ARL4C mRNA was increased in ccRCC, and this was associated with a poor prognosis in ccRCC patients. Increased expression of ARL4C was further verified using qRT-PCR and western blotting of human ccRCC tissue samples. Downregulation of ARL4C significantly inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of ccRCC cells, and activation of the Wnt/ Conclusions: As a critical factor in the Wnt/
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