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. 2019 May 22;8(5):493. doi: 10.3390/cells8050493

Table 1.

Expression levels of mitophagy regulators in samples from cancer patients. The levels of regulation are defined by the correlation of the expression levels with cancer progression and/or poor prognosis.

Protein Expression Levels in Patients Cancer Type Reference(s)
Mitochondrial Dynamics
MFN 1 Downregulation Triple Negative Breast Cancer 1,2, Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1,2 [89,90]
MFN 2 Upregulation Cutaneous Melanoma 2, Gastric Cancer 2, Ovarian Cancer 1, Prostate Cancer 2 [91,92,93,94]
MFN 2 Downregulation Breast Cancer 1,2, Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1,2, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 1 [95,96,97,98,99,100]
Opa1 Upregulation Lung Cancer 2,3, Colorectal Cancer 1 [101,102,103]
Opa1 Downregulation Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2 [104]
DRP1 Upregulation Triple Negative Breast Cancer 1,2, Colorectal Cancer1, Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1,2, Ovarian Cancer 1,3 [89,90,101,105]
DRP1 Downregulation Colorectal Cancer 2, Lung Cancer 2 [106]
pDRP1 (Ser616) Upregulation Colorectal Cancer 2, Melanoma 2 [107,108]
pDRP1 (Ser637) Upregulation Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2 [109]
Mff Upregulation Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1,2 [110]
Mff Downregulation Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2 [111]
FIS1 Upregulation Acute Myeloid Leukemia 1,2, Oral Melanoma 2, Prostate Cancer 1 [93,112,113,114]
FIS1 Downregulation Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2 [115]
Canonical Mitophagy Pathways
PINK1 Upregulation Lung Cancer 2, Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2 [116,117]
PINK1 Downregulation Ovarian cancer 1 [118]
Parkin Downregulation Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 4, Colorectal Cancer 1,2,4, Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma 1,2, Melanoma 1,3, Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 1, Ovarian Cancer 1,3, Pancreatic Cancer 1,2,3 [119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127]
BNIP3 Upregulation Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma 2, Ampullary Carcinoma 2, Breast Cancer 1, Cervical Cancer 1,2, Cholangiocarcinoma 2, Colorectal Cancer 2, Ependydoma 1, Glioblastoma 2, Lung Cancer 1,2, Melanoma 2, Ovarian Cancer 1,2, Renal Carcinoma 1,2, Uterine-Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma 1 [128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143]
BNIP3 Downregulation Bladder Cancer 4, Breast Cancer 1,2, Colorectal Cancer 2,4, Esophageal Cancer 4, Gastric Carcinoma 4, Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2, Lung Cancer 4, Multiple Myeloma 1,4, Pancreatic Cancer 1,2, [142,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163]
NIX Upregulation Breast Cancer 1, Glioma 1,2 [164,165]
NIX Downregulation Acute Myeloid Leukemia 1, Prostate Cancer 3 [166,167]
FUNDC1 Upregulation Breast Cancer 1,2, Cervical Cancer 2, Laryngeal Cancer 2 [168,169,170]
PGAM5 Upregulation Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 2 [171,172]
Non-Canonical Mitophagy Pathways
CL Upregulation Prostate Cancer [173,174]
CL Downregulation Hepatocellular Carcinoma [175]
PHB2 Upregulation Breast Cancer 1,2, Colorectal Cancer 2, Esophageal Squamous Cell carcinoma 1,2, Leukemia 2, Lymphoma 2 [167,176,177,178,179,180]
C18-Ceramide Downregulation Glioblastoma, Glioma, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma [181,182,183]
AMBRA1 Upregulation Cholangiocarcinoma 2, Gastric Adenocarcinoma 2, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma 2, Prostate Cancer 1,2 [184,185,186,187]
HUWE1 Upregulation Lung Cancer 1,2, Multiple Myeloma 1 [188,189]
HUWE1 Downregulation Breast Cancer 1, Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1, Osteosarcoma 1 [190,191,192]
BCL2L13 (BCL-RAMBO) Upregulation Leukemia 1 [193,194,195]
BCL2L13 (BCL-RAMBO) Downregulation Breast Cancer 1, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer 1 [139,196]
RAB7 Upregulation Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2, Prostate Cancer 1, [197,198]

1 mRNA expression levels. 2 Protein expression levels. 3 Copy Number Variation levels. 4 Promoter methylation levels.