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Table 1 The functions of m6A regulators in therapy resistance

From: The role of m6A methylation in therapy resistance in cancer

Therapy type

Drug

Cancer

Regulator

Regulation

Target/Approach

References

Chemo- therapy

Cisplatin

Ovarian Cancer

ALKBH5

PR

JAK2/STAT3

29

  

Bladder Cancer

ALKBH5

PR

CK2

30

  

OSCC

ALKBH5

PR

FOXM1/NANOG

32

  

Bladder Cancer

WTAP

PR

Circ0008399/TNFAIP3

33

  

NKTCL

WTAP

PR

DUSP6

34

  

Seminoma

METTL3

PR

ATG5/Autophagy

36

  

Seminoma

METTL3

PR

TFAP2C

37

  

Seminoma

KIAA1429

PR

DNA damage response

38

  

Pancreatic Cancer

METTL3

PR

MAPK

39

  

CRC

YTHDF1

PR

GLS1

40

  

Ovarian Cancer

YTHDF1

PR

TRIM29

41

  

Cholangio-carcinoma

YTHDF2

PR

CDKN1B

43

  

Cervical Cancer

YTHDF2

PR

AXIN1

44

 

Adriamycin

Breast Cancer

METTL3

PR

miR-221-3p/HIPK2

46

  

Breast Cancer

METTL3

PR

EGF/RAD51

47

  

Breast Cancer

METTL3

PR

MALAT1/E2F1/AGR2

48

  

Breast Cancer

ALKBH5

PR

BRCA1

49

  

Breast Cancer

FTO

PR

STAT3

50

 

Gemcitabine

Pancreatic Cancer

ALKBH5

PR

WIF-1

51

  

Pancreatic Cancer

METTL14

PR

CDA

52

  

Pancreatic Cancer

METTL3

PR

DBH-AS1/miR-3163/USP44

53

  

Pancreatic Cancer

ZC3H13

PR

PHF10

54

  

CRC

METTL3

PR

Wnt/β-catenin

55

  

CRC

YTHDF1

PR

c-Myc

56

  

CRC

METTL3

PR

miR-181d-5p

57

Targeted-therapy

Erlotinib

Lung- adenocarcinoma

METTL3

PR

miR-146a/Notch

58

  

Lung- adenocarcinoma

YTHDF2

PR

TUSC7

58

 

TKIs

 

FTO

PR

-

61

 

Imatinib

CML

METTL3/METTL14

PR

-

63

 

PLX4032

Melanoma

METTL3

PR

RAF/MEK/ERK

64

 

Sorafenib

HCC

METTL3

PR

FOXO3

69

Immuno-therapy

PD-L1

NSCLC

METTL3

PR

circIGF2BP3/ PKP3/OTUB1

71

  

Bladder Cancer

METTL3

PR

JNK pathway

72

 

PD-1

CRC

METTL3/METTL14

PR

IFN-γ-Stat1-Irf1

73

 

PD-1

Melanoma

FTO

PR

PD-1/CXCR4/SOX10

74

 

PD-1

Melanoma

ALKBH5

PR

Mct4/Slc16a3

75

Radio-therapy

 

GBM

METTL3

PR

GSC/DNA repair

76

  

GBM

ALKBH5

PR

GSC/HR

77

  

Cervical Cancer

FTO

PR

β-catenin/ ERCC1

78

  

HSCC

METTL3

PR

circCUX1/Caspase 1

79

  

NPC

YTHDC2

PR

IGF1R/ PI3K-AKT/S6

80

  1. OSCC: oral squamous cell carcinoma
  2. NKTCL: nasal-type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma
  3. PR: promote resistance
  4. CRC: colorectal cancer
  5. TKIs: tyrosine kinase inhibitors
  6. CML: chronic myeloid leukemia
  7. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma
  8. NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer
  9. GBM: glioblastoma
  10. HR: homologous recombination
  11. HPSCC: hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
  12. NPC: nasopharyngeal carcinoma