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. 2013 Jun;10(2):61–71. doi: 10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2013.02.001

Table 1. Somatic mutation in WNT pathway genes in various cancers types*.

Gene Type of mutation Primary tissues Number of mutated samples % mutated Total samples
APC Primarily frameshift and deletion mutations leading to compromised ability to degrade ATNNB1 Large intestine 2,152 39% 5,517
Stomach 129 15% 214
Soft tissue 50 12% 430
Small intestine 34 16% 214
Pancreas 26 14% 184
Liver 11 12% 94
CTNNB1 Mutations in CTNNB1 cluster around the amino-terminus and prevent the phosphorylation amino acids, S33, S37, T41 and S45, resulting in impaired degradation of CTNNB1 Liver 907 23% 3,933
Soft tissue 673 42% 1,601
Endometrium 218 20% 1,098
Kidney 168 14% 1,225
Pancreas 125 26% 476
Ovary 104 11% 913
Adrenal gland 100 19% 534
Pituitary 86 24% 360
Biliary tract 43 10% 433
AXIN1 Many mutations prevent AXIN1 from acting as a scaffold to degrade CTNNB1 Biliary tract 10 38% 26
Liver 49 11% 448
WTX (also known as FAM123B) Predicted to be loss-of-function mutations Kidney 125 13% 949
Large intestine 19 13% 151
TCF7L2 Unknown Large intestine 13 28% 47

*Cited from the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) database.