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. 2021 Jan 14;8:601006. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.601006

TABLE 1.

Associations of FGF23 with cancer.

Cancer FGF23 level FGF23 effect References
Tumor-induced osteomalacia ↑ Cancer tissues ↑ Serum ↑ Renal phosphate wasting
↓1,25(OH)2D3
→ Osteomalacia
Yamazaki et al., 2002; Larsson et al., 2003; Leaf et al., 2013; Lin et al., 2014; Abate et al., 2016; Elderman et al., 2016; Sauder et al., 2016; Boland et al., 2018; Savva et al., 2019; Colazo et al., 2020
Bone metastasis ↑ Serum Mansinho et al., 2019
Myelodysplastic syndromes ↑ Serum
↑ Erythroid precursors
↓ Bone mineralization; microarchitecture
Alpl; Runx2
↑ Anemia
Weidner et al., 2020
Multiple myeloma ↑ Serum ↓ Cells EGR-1 and HPSE
→ Impacts tumor growth
Suvannasankha et al., 2015
Prostate cancer Expression in cells ↔ Serum ↑ Cell proliferation and tumor invasion
↑ MAPK and AKT
→ Impacts tumor growth
Lee et al., 2014; Feng et al., 2015; Vlot et al., 2018
Endometrial cancer ↔ Serum Cymbaluk-Płoska et al., 2020
Ovarian cancer ↑ Serum ↑ Cells Tebben et al., 2005
Colorectal cancer Serum level may rise ↑ Stool Jacobs et al., 2011; Wang H.-P. et al., 2014
Breast cancer ↑ Cell mRNA Aukes et al., 2017
Urothelial carcinoma ↑ Serum Li et al., 2019
Prolactinoma ↔ Serum Arslan et al., 2017