Table 1.

Changes in the levels of fetuin-A (protein or messenger RNA (mRNA)) and post-translational status of the glycoprotein during tumor progression.

Changes in the Levels of Fetuin-A (Protein or mRNA) and Post-Translational Status of the Glycoprotein During Tumor Progression	Reference
Increased fetuin expression in tumor tissue (Protein)	[66,67,68,69]
Increased fetuin expression in tumor tissue (Protein and mRNA)	[33,53,54]
Increased fetuin-A expression in serum	[70]
Increased in malignant pleural effusion of lung cancer	[71]
Increased uptake of fetuin-A by tumor cells	[72]
Increased high mannose glycan structures of fetuin-A in lung adenocarcinoma but not in control normal lung	[73]
Increased fucosylation of fetuin-A in hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiosarcoma	[74,75]
Increased levels of fetuin-A in CSF of low grade glioma patients	[76]
Reduced levels of fetuin-A in sera of patients with hematological malignancies.	[64,65]
Reduced levels of fetuin-A in the microenvironment during the progression of GI tumors	[50]
Reduced levels of fetuin-A in lung squamous cell carcinoma	[77]