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ArticlePloS one2022

Alzheimer's risk factor FERMT2 promotes the progression of colorectal carcinoma via Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and contributes to the negative correlation between Alzheimer and cancer.

Wenzhen Xia, Zhaoyu Gao, Xia Jiang, Lei Jiang, Yushi Qin, Di Zhang, Pei Tian, Wanchang Wang, Qi Zhang, Rui Zhang and 2 more

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenzhen XiaCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Zhaoyu GaoCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Xia JiangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Lei JiangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yushi QinCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Di ZhangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Pei TianCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Wanchang WangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Qi ZhangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Rui ZhangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Nan ZhangCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Shunjiang XuCentral Laboratory, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9441-3900
Hebei Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing evidence from epidemiological studies indicate that Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a negative relationship with the incidence of cancers. Whether the Alzheimer's genetic risk factor, named as fermitin family homolog-2 (FERMT2), plays a pivotal part in the progressive process of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) yet remains unclear. This study revealed that FERMT2 was upregulated in CRC tissues which predicted an unfavorable outcome of CRC using the PrognoScan web tool. FERMT2 was co-expressed with a variety of genes have been linked with CRC occurrence and implicated in the infiltration of immune cell in CRC tissues. Overexpressing FERMT2 promoted CRC progression with upregulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Knockdown of FERMT2 suppressed the cell multiplication, colony formation rate, migration and invasion, along with the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) with downregulation Wnt/β-catenin proteins in cells of CRC, while overexpressing β-catenin reversed the inhibitory effects of silencing FERMT2 on the migration or invasion of CRC cells. Furthermore, Aβ1-42 treated HT22 cells induced downregulation of FERMT2 and inhibited the migration, invasion and EMT in co-cultured CT26 cells through Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Our results revealed that the downregulated FERMT2 gene during AD is prominently activated in CRC, which promotes its progression via Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

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Alzheimer DiseaseColorectal NeoplasmsMembrane ProteinsWnt Signaling Pathwaybeta CateninEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansNeoplasm ProteinsRisk Factorsbeta CateninFERMT2 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm Proteins

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PMID36480537
PMCPMC9731493
OpenAlexW4311887965

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