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. 2014 May 8;5:e29019. doi: 10.4161/sgtp.29019

Table 1. Aberrant Rho GTPase expression in cancer.

Rho GTPase Deregulation Tumor type
RhoA Overexpression Testicular cancer,5 breast,6,7 colon,7 lung,7 liver,9 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,8 hepatocellular carcinoma,231 bladder,232 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,233 ovarian carcinoma,234 gastric carcinoma235
RhoB Overexpression Breast cancer6,7
Downregulation Squamous cell carcinoma10
Loss of expression Lung cancer11
RhoC Overexpression Melanoma,14 inflammatory breast cancer,12 breast cancer,6,7,236 colorectal carcinoma,13 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,15 non-small cell lung carcinoma,237 gastric cancer,238 hepatocellular carcinoma,239 prostate cancer,240 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,241 squamous cell carcinoma of the skin,242 bladder cancer,232 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,233 ovarian carcinoma234
Rac1 Overexpression Testicular cancer,5 breast cancer,7 leukemia,16 gastric carcinoma,235 prostate cancer243
Alternative splicing, Rac1b Breast,18 colon carcinoma,17 non-small cell lung cancer19
Cdc42 Overexpression Non-small cell lung cancer,22 colorectal adenocarcinoma,23 melanoma,24 breast,6,7 testicular cancer5