BioMed Research International / 2015 / Article / Tab 1 / Review Article
Functional Roles of Calreticulin in Cancer Biology Table 1 Expression of CRT in different cancers.
Cancer CRT levels* Clinical outcomes Reference Oral Increased — [43 ] Esophagus Increased survival (poor prognosis)[44 ] Breast Increased metastasis, invasion, survival[45 –47 ] Pancreas Increased lymph node metastasis, UICC stage, survival[48 ] Gastric Increased lymph node metastasis, invasion, microvessel density, survival[49 ] Colon Increased — [50 ] Bladder Increased urinary CRT, histological grade, pathological T stage[51 –53 ] Prostate Increased — [54 ] Vagina Increased — [55 ]
# OvarianIncreased Better response to chemotherapy [55 , 56 ]
# NeuroblastomaIncreased differentiation, survival[57 ]
: increased; : decreased.* CRT levels in tumor tissue except ovarian carcinoma in effusion fluids.
# Higher levels of CRT seem to correlate with good prognosis for the diseases.