Loss of Smad4 in colorectal cancer induces resistance to 5-fluorouracil through activating Akt pathway. | Cooperative Human Tissue Network Western Division

Zhang B, Zhang B, Chen X, Bae S, Singh K, Washington MK, Datta PK. Loss of Smad4 in colorectal cancer induces resistance to 5-fluorouracil through activating Akt pathway. British journal of cancer. 2014 Feb 18;110(110). 946-57. PMID: 24384683 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3929873

Abstract

Higher frequency of Smad4 inactivation or loss of expression is observed in metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC) leading to unfavourable survival and contributes to chemoresistance. However, the molecular mechanism of how Smad4 regulates chemosensitivity of CRC is unknown.