Hypomethylation of GDNF family receptor alpha 1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and predicts metastasis of colorectal cancer.

Tumor metastasis is the major cause of poor prognosis and mortality in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, early diagnosis of highly metastatic CRC is currently difficult. In the present study, we screened for a novel biomarker, GDNF family receptor alpha 1 (GFRA1) based on the expression and methylat...

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Main Authors: Zhexu Dong, Lei Dai, Yong Zhang, Chao Fang, Gang Shi, Ye Chen, Junshu Li, Qin Wang, Jiamei Fu, Yan Yu, Wenshuang Wang, Lin Cheng, Yi Liu, Yi Lin, Yuan Wang, Qingnan Wang, Huiling Wang, Hantao Zhang, Yujing Zhang, Xiaolan Su, Shuang Zhang, Feng Wang, Meng Qiu, Zongguang Zhou, Hongxin Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159