TABLE 1.

Expression patterns and clinical significance of FABP4 in diverse tumor types.

Cancer Type	Expression of FABP4	Level	Clinical Significance	References
Bladder cancer	Downregulation	Protein	Lymph node metastasis	Mathis et al. (2018)
			Shorter OS
Breast cancer	Upregulation	Protein	Tumor grade	Cui et al. (2019)
			Short DFS
	Upregulation	mRNA	N/A	Hao et al. (2018)
Cervical cancer	Upregulation	Protein	Pelvic lymph node metastasis	Li et al. (2021)
			Poor OS
Colon cancer	Upregulation	Protein	N/A	Tian et al. (2020)
Colorectal cancer	Upregulation	Protein	N/A	Zhang et al. (2019)
Glioblastoma	Upregulation	mRNA	N/A	Li et al. (2018)
Hepatocellular carcinoma	Downregulation	Protein	Short RFS and OS	Zhong et al. (2018)
Non-small cell lung cancer	Upregulation	Protein	Advanced TNM stage poor OS	Tang et al. (2016)
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas	Upregulation	Protein	Lymph node metastasis	Luo et al. (2017)
			Poor prognosis