Increased expression of Solute carrier family 12 member 5 via gene amplification contributes to tumour progression and metastasis and associates with poor survival in colorectal cancer

Conclusions
SLC12A5 plays a pivotal oncogenic role in colorectal carcinogenesis; its overexpression is an independent prognostic factor of patients with CRC.

Source: Gut - March 9, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Xu, L., Li, X., Cai, M., Chen, J., Li, X., Wu, W. K. K., Kang, W., Tong, J., To, K.-F., Guan, X.-Y., Sung, J. J. Y., Chan, F. K. L., Yu, J. Tags: Open access, Colon cancer Source Type: research