Research Article

Nampt/PBEF/Visfatin Upregulation in Colorectal Tumors, Mirrored in Normal Tissue and Whole Blood of Colorectal Cancer Patients, Is Associated with Metastasis, Hypoxia, IL1β, and Anemia

Table 4

Correlation pattern of Nampt/PBEF/visfatin in normal and tumor tissue from CRC patients.

GeneNormal tissueTumor tissue

IL1β, a (0.65, ), a (0.46, )
TNFα, ,
HIF1α, ,
VEGF-A , , a (0.37, )
PCNA , ,
CCL4 (MIP1β) , a (0.50, ),
CCL2 (MCP1) , a (0.56, ),
IL8 , a (0.39, ), a (0.38, )
FGF2 , ,

aAssociations that remained significant following adjustment to HIF1α with partial correlation coefficients given in parentheses.