Gene Disease Score gda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE Cancer stem cells were analyzed using the marker Oct-4 to improve an understanding of the proliferative ability of cancer stem cells under various pathological conditions, which may lead to the development of novel cancer therapeutics. 29142598

2017

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Western blotting, immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry, the expression of OCT4 in three esophageal squamous cancer cell lines, KYSE70, KYSE140 and KYSE450, was characterized. 22363145

2012

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE TAZ knockdown results in inhibition of cancer cell proliferation through decreases in expression of stem cell markers (OCT4, Nanog, and SOX2). 25495189

2015

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Although Oct-3/4 expression has been implicated in the malignancy and prognosis of glioblastomas, little is known of its involvement in drug resistances of glioblastoma. 25644290

2015

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE In HCC-derived cells, SRY knockdown decreased OCT4 expression and cancer stem-like phenotypes such as self-renewal, chemoresistance, and tumorigenicity. 26013162

2015

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE Furthermore, treatment of HB cells with aprepitant led to reduced expression of (liver) stemness markers (AFP, CD13, SOX2, NANOG, and OCT4) and SFA when grown under cancer stem cell conditions. 26516161

2015

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Using OCT4 expression as a marker for the cancer stem cells, the number and size were measured in these cells. 22132214

2011

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE <i>NANOG</i> and <i>OCT3/4</i> mRNA expression levels were significantly downregulated while that of <i>SOX2</i> was upregulated in cancer compared to noncancer tissues. 29849920

2018

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Overall, an association between expression of OCT4 and pseudogenes and cancer prognosis were established, which may serve as a therapeutic target for various human cancers. 30287838

2018

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE The present data shows that Oct4 enhances cancer stem cell properties and increases invasion ability in the Huh7 cell line. 28454439

2017

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE Coexpression of Oct4 and Nanog enhances malignancy in lung adenocarcinoma by inducing cancer stem cell-like properties and epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation. 21159654

2010

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from somatic cells by expressing ectopic reprogramming transcriptional factors such as Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc, and Nanog is one of the cutting-edge discoveries in stem cell and cancer research. 24568610

2014

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE The positive-feedback regulation via OCT4-mediated transactivation of the c-JUN promoter and the c-JUN-mediated transactivation of the OCT4 promoter were crucial for promoting cancer development and maintaining cancer stemness in rG2-DC-1C. 27341307

2016

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE The results suggest that transplantation of such in vitro enriched and expanded OCT4-specific CD8+ CIK cells may improve the specific immune defense mechanism against cancer stem cells, providing a novel avenue of cancer stem cell targeted immunotherapy for clinical treatment of ovarian cancer. 28426690

2017

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE In this study, we aimed to characterize the ID4 expression pattern in human diffusely infiltrative astrocytomas of World Health Organization (WHO) grades II to IV of malignancy (AGII-AGIV); to correlate its expression level to that of SOX2, SOX4, OCT-4 and NANOG, along with TP53 mutational status; and to correlate the results with the clinical end-point of overall survival among glioblastoma patients. 23613880

2013

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Oct4 is expressed by CSC-like cells in different types of cancer. 22286766

2012

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Moreover, TGFβ1 was able to enhance the mRNA expression of Oct4, Nanog and Sox2 and drastically increased anchorage-independent colony formation in TGFβ1-sensitive NSCLC cells, suggesting the acquisition of cancer stem-like properties. 29995950

2018

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE Oct4 promotes cancer cell proliferation and migration and leads to poor prognosis associated with the survivin/STAT3 pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma. 29901157

2018

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE Global Oct4 target gene analysis reveals novel downstream PTEN and TNC genes required for drug-resistance and metastasis in lung cancer. 25609695

2015

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE The BORIS-positive cells isolated using BORIS-molecular beacon, expressed higher telomerase hTERT, stem cell (NANOG, OCT4, SOX2) and cancer stem cell marker genes (CD44 and ALDH1) compared to the BORIS-negative tumor cells. 25279549

2014

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Re-expression of OCT4 enhanced the expression of Notch, Sox2 and Nanog molecules that play critical roles in cancer stem cell proliferation and differentiation. 23921511

2013

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker BEFREE Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with genotoxic chemotherapy not only prolonged survival and reduced tumor size but also selectively eliminated the OCT4-positive cancer stem cells. 29141221

2017

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Also, mRNA expression of transcriptional marker Nanog and Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (OCT4), known to enhance malignancy and metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma, was suppressed in ZNF746 siRNA-transfected H460 NSCLC cells. 24145959

2014

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Although differentially displayed, the expression of genes related to cancer (BCL-2, p53, NF-κB, TGF-β, VEGF) and transcription and pluripotency (OCT4, NANOG, STAT3, REX1) were commonly observed in MSCs and cancer cells. 21638208

2011

Entrez Id: 645682
Gene Symbol: POU5F1P4
POU5F1P4
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression BEFREE Both HOXA11-AS silencing and HOXA11 overexpression suppressed the self-renewal, proliferation, migration, and tumorigenicity of HCC stem cells in vivo, as evidenced by the decreased expression of cancer stem cell surface markers (CD133 and CD44) and stemness-related transcription factors (Nanog, Sox2, and Oct4). 31757938

2019