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. 2023 Jan 24;66(3):1654–1677. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01601

Table 2. Roles of METTL3–METTL14 as a Tumor Promoter.

cancer type target biological outcomes ref
breast cancer upregulation: HBXIP, Bcl-2 increased proliferation, decreased apoptosis (93, 94)
downregulation: p21
CRC upregulation: SOX2, GLUT1, miR-1246 increased proliferation, migration, and metastasis; decreased response to immunotherapy (9799, 119)
downregulation: STAT1, IRF1
glioblastoma upregulation: SOX2 supported the maintenance of GSCs, dedifferentiation of glioma cells, radiotherapy resistance (101)
gastric cancer upregulation: Bcl-2, AKT pathway increased proliferation and migration; decreased apoptosis (60, 103)
downregulation: Bax, caspase-3
HCC upregulation: Snail increased proliferation and metastasis (105, 106)
downregulation: SOCS2
lung cancer upregulation: EGFR, TAZ, BRD4, FRAS1, ABHD11-AS1 increased proliferation and metastasis (107109, 111)
osteosarcoma upregulation: LEF1, Wnt/β-catenin pathway increased proliferation and metastasis (112)
melanoma upregulation: MMP2 increased migration and invasion, decreased response to immunotherapy (113, 119)
downregulation: STAT1, IRF1
ovarian cancer upregulation: EMT increased migration and invasion (114)
prostate cancer upregulation: GLI1 increased androgen-independent growth (115)
bladder cancer upregulation: AFF4, CDCP1, MYC, miR221/222, PD-L1 increased proliferation and evasion from immune response (116118)
pancreatic cancer modulation of MAPK, ubiquin-related pathways, and RNA splicing increased proliferation, metastasis, and resistance to radio- and chemotherapy (121, 122)
upregulation: E2F5
AML upregulation: c-Myc, Bcl-2, PTEN increased proliferation, decreased apoptosis and differentiation (123125)
CML upregulation: PES1 increased proliferation (108)
ESCC upregulation: EGR1 increased metastasis (127)