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. 2016 May 19;7(5):e2226. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2016.132

Table 1. Overview of CPTI roles in cancer biology.

CPTI isoform Cancer type Significance Reference
CPTIA Prostate cancer Upregulated expression; its inhibition has antitumor actions 25, 41, 50
  Burkitt's lymphoma Upregulated expression 28
  Glioblastoma Upregulated expression 29, 30
  Lymphocytic leukemia Its inhibition has antitumor actions; contributes to cancer chemoresistance 7, 35, 42
  Breast cancer Upregulated expression; its inhibition has antitumor actions; acts as a new role in the histonic acetylation level of tumor 37, 52, 53, 54, 55, 86
  Gastric cancer Oleic acid activates its expression 55
  Ovarian cancer Upregulated expression 56, 57
  Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma Contributes to cancer cell motility 74
  Teratocarcinoma Transcriptional regulation of it by RXR-NR4A receptor 81
  Endothelial cells Upregulated expression; contributes to tumor neovascularization 98, 99
CPTIC Lung cancer Upregulated expression contributes to cancer chemoresistance 18
  Colon Its inhibition has antitumor actions 18
  Breast Upregulated expression 18, 62
  Glioblastoma Upregulated expression 29, 59
CPTI (unspecified isoform) Hepatoma Upregulated expression 58, 60
  Acute myeloid leukemia Its inhibition has antitumor actions 63
  Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Upregulated expression 26, 27
  Myeloma Its inhibition has antitumor actions 51
  Lung cancer Contributes to cancer chemoresistance 34

Abbreviation: CPTI, carnitine palmitoyltransferase I