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. 2021 Jul 15;13(7):638–661. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i7.638

Table 1.

Diagnostic biomarkers found in colorectal cancer

Diagnostic biomarker
Molecular level
Sample
Expression
Ref.
Actin Beta-Like 2 Protein Fresh frozen tissue Ghazanfar et al[30], 2017
Dipeptidase 1 Protein Fresh frozen tissue Hao et al[31], 2017
Olfamectomedin-4 Protein FFPE tissue Quesada-Calvo et al[32], 2017
Kininogen-1
Transport Protein Sec-24
Cyclophilin A Protein FFPE tissue Yamamoto et al[33], 2016
Annexin A2
Aldolase A
Leucine-Rich Alpha-2 Glycoprotein 1 Protein Serum Ivancic et al[36], 2020
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Hemopexin
Superoxide Dismutase 3
Inter-Alpha-Trypsin Inhibitor Heavy-Chain Family Member 4
Mannan Binding Lectin Serine Protease 1 Protein Plasma - Bhardwaj et al[37], 2019
Osteopontin
Serum Paraoxonase Lactonase 3
Transferrin Receptor Protein 1
Amphiregulin
Adipophilin Protein Plasma - Matsubara et al[41], 2011
Caldesmon 1 Protein Fresh Frozen Tissue - Ilyas et al[34], 2020
Catenin Beta 1
C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 14
Protein patched homolog 1
Interleukin-8, Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induced protein 3, Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
Adenomatous polyposis coli
Zinc finger protein
Serine/Threonine Kinase 4 Protein Serum Yu et al[38], 2017
Macrophage mannose receptor 1 Protein Fan et al[39], 2016
S100 calcium binding protein
Alpha-1-antitrypsin Protein Serum Peltier et al[40], 2016
Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin
Anti- Thombin 3 Protein Serum Peltier et al[40], 2016
3- Hydroxybutyric Acid Serum Ma et al[43], 2012
Microtubule Actin Crosslinking Factor 1 Protein Serum Ma et al[43], 2012
L-Valine Amino acid Serum Ma et al[43], 2012
L-Threonine
1-Deoxyglucose
Glycine
Apolipoprotein H Protein Serum Ma et al[43], 2012
Alpha-2-Macroglobulin
Immunoglobulin Lambda Locus
Vitamin-D-binding protein
Acetoacetate, Guanidinoacetate Amino acid Urine ↑/High Wang et al[48], 2017
Cis-aconitate, Trans-aconitate, Glutamine
Homocysteine
Creatinine, Phosphorylcholine Amino acid Urine ↓/Low Wang et al[48], 2017
Dimethyl sulfone, Asparagine, Alanine
Isocitrate, Hippurate, Methylamine
Cysteine, Phenylalanine
Isoleucine, β-Hydroxybutyrate, lactate, acetate, glutamate, choline, glycine, serine, glucose Amino acid Biopsy High Nishiumi et al[46], 2012
Taurine, alanine, β –Aminoisobutyrate, valine Amino acid Urine High Kim et al[47], 2019
Threonine, glycerol, hippurate, ascorbate, creatinine and citrate Amino acid Urine Less Kim et al[47], 2019
Proline, succinate, isoleucine, leucine valine, alanine, glutamate, dimethylglycine and lactate Amino acid Fecal High Lin et al[44], 2019
Short Chain Fatty Acids, (acetate, propionate and butyrate), glucose, glutamine Amino acid Fecal Less Lin et al[44], 2019
Sphinganine, endocannabinoids Serum High Martín-Blázquez et al[51], 2019
CRCAL-4, CRCAL-3, CRCAL-2 (Long Intergenic Non-Protein Coding RNA 858), and CRCAL-1 lncRNA CRC cell line Yamada et al[27], 2018
NONHSAT074176.2 lncRNA Fresh frozen tissue Zhang et al[28], 2018
CircDDX17 lncRNA Fresh frozen tissue Dysregylated Li et al[29], 2018
Syndecan 2 Gene Fresh frozen tissue Oh et al[20], 2013
PHOX1B, Glutamic acid de-carboxylase 2, and Fibroblast Growth Factor 12 Gene Fresh frozen tissue Li et al[21], 2012
Visual System Homeobox 2 Gene Neoplastic colonic tissue Mori et al[22], 2011

CRC: Colorectal cancer.