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. 2015 Nov 26;7(1):656–670. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.6394

Table 5. Top signaling pathways implicated in progression of melanoma.

Pathway Nevus vs Skin Pr. Mel vs Skin Met. Mel vs Skin Met. Mel vs Pr. Mel Pr. Mel vs Nevus
Fas Signaling Pathway (Negative) DOWN UP UP UP UP
cAMP Pathway (Glycolysis) UP DOWN DOWN UP DOWN
CD40 Pathway (Cell Survival) UP UP UP UP UP
AKT Pathway (Protein Synthesis) UP DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
ATM Pathway (Apoptosis, Senescense) DOWN UP UP UP UP
BRCA1 Main Pathway UP UP UP UP UP
cAMP Pathway (Endothelial Cell Regulation) UP DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
cAMP Pathway (Myocardial Contraction) DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
cAMP Pathway (Protein Retention) DOWN UP UP UP UP
Caspase Cascade (Apoptosis) UP DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
CD40 Pathway (IKBs Degradation) UP UP UP UP UP
DDR pathway Apoptosis DOWN UP UP UP UP
Glucocorticoid Receptor Pathway (Cell cycle arrest) UP DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
HGF Pathway (PKC pathway) UP UP UP UP DOWN
HIF1-Alpha Main Pathway UP UP UP UP UP
JNK Pathway (Insulin signaling) UP DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
mTOR Pathway (VEGF pathway) DOWN DOWN UP UP DOWN
PAK Pathway (Myosin Activation) DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN
Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway (Degraded Protein) DOWN UP UP UP UP

UP or DOWN indicates positive and negative difference between the states of interest (nevus, primary and metastatic melanoma) and skin in median PAS value, respectively.