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Table 4 The m6A protein alterations are correlated with clinicopathological features

From: Mechanism of RNA modification N6-methyladenosine in human cancer

Cancer

Regulator

Alteration

Prognosis

Metastasis/Invasion

Tumor size

Tumor stage

Histological grade

Recurrence

Therapy

Refs

AML

METTL3/ WTAP

Overexpression

Poor

      

[41, 43]

AML

METTL3/METTL14/YTHDF1/YTHDF2/FTO/ALKBH5

Mutation

Poor

      

[142]

GBM

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

     

Radioresistance

[48]

GBM

WTAP/RBM15/YTHDF1/ ALBKH5

Overexpression

Poor

   

Increase

  

[49]

LC

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

Lymph node metastasis Brain metastasis

Increase

Worsen

   

[54, 55]

LC

FTO/ IGF2BP1

Overexpression

Poor

      

[56, 59]

HCC

METTL3/YTHDF1

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

   

[58, 121]

HCC

KIAA1429/ IGF2BP1

Overexpression

Poor

      

[59, 63]

HCC

WTAP

Overexpression

Poor

    

Prone

 

[64]

HCC

METTL14

Down-regulation

Better

  

Weaken

Decrease

  

[100]

HCC

YTHDF2

Overexpression

Poor

Microvascular invasion

 

Worsen

   

[65]

CRC

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

Lymph node metastasis Liver metastasis Distant metastasis

   

Prone

Chemotherapy resistance

[67, 68, 70]

CRC

METTL3

Down-regulation

Better

 

Decrease

    

[103]

CRC

METTL14

Down-regulation

Better

  

Weaken

Decrease

  

[104]

CRC

FTO

Overexpression

Poor

 

Increase

Worsen

   

[71]

CRC

YTHDC2

Overexpression

Poor

Lymph node metastasis

 

Worsen

   

[74]

CRC

YTHDF1

Overexpression

Poor

Lymph node metastasis Distant metastasis

 

Worsen

   

[75]

CRC

IGF2BP2

Overexpression

Poor

      

[77]

PDAC

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

   

[78]

GC

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

      

[80]

BCA

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

Increase

  

[82]

BCA

METTL14

Down-regulation

Better

  

Weaken

   

[106]

PCA

YTHDF2

Overexpression

Poor

   

Increase

  

[85]

RCC

METTL3

Down-regulation

Better

 

Decrease

 

Decrease

  

[107]

RCC

FTO

Down-regulation

Better

  

Weaken

   

[108]

RCC

WTAP

Overexpression

Poor

 

Increase

Worsen

   

[87]

CSCC

FTO

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

Increase

  

[88]

BC

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

      

[143]

BC

FTO

Overexpression

Poor

   

Increase

  

[94]

EOC

METTL3

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

Increase

  

[95]

EOC

ALKBH5

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

Increase

  

[96]

EOC

IGF2BP1

Overexpression

Poor

      

[59]

Melanoma

FTO

Overexpression

Poor

  

Worsen

   

[97]

Melanoma

YTHDF1

Down-regulation

Better

  

Weaken

   

[110]

  1. AML acute myeloid leukemia; GBM glioblastoma; LC lung cancer; HCC hepatocellular carcinoma; CRC colorectal cancer; PDAC pancreatic cancer; GC gastric carcinoma; BCA bladder cancer; PCA prostate cancer; RCC renal cell carcinoma; CSCC cervical squamous cell carcinoma; BC breast cancer; EOC epithelial ovarian cancer