Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our data show SMAD4 loss correlates with worse clinical outcome, resistance to chemotherapy, and decreased immune infiltrate, supporting its use as a prognostic marker in patients with colorectal cancer. 30587545 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In human clinical specimens, we found that neutrophil infiltration into the peritumoral stroma was more marked in SMAD4-negative colorectal cancer compared with that in SMAD4-positive colorectal cancer, and that both CXCL1 and CXCL8 were abundantly expressed in the tumor-infiltrating neutrophils. 30705034 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our study demonstrated high frequency of <i>Smad4</i> alterations with low expression of Smad4 protein identifying a subgroup of aggressive colorectal cancer to be an independent marker for poor prognosis. 31053577 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE SMAD4 alteration associates with invasive-front pathological markers and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer. 30636020 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Compared to the 152 non-hypermutated CONs from TCGA database, SMAD4 alteration was predominant in SRC/SRCC (p = 0.045) with aberrant loss of SMAD4 expression (13/17, 76.5%) compared to the SMAD4 alterations in CON (5/15, 33.3%) (p = 0.031). 31400926 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In the past two decades, multiple studies have revealed that SMAD4 loss on its own does not initiate tumor formation, but can promote tumor progression initiated by other genes, such as KRAS activation in pancreatic duct adenocarcinoma and APC inactivation in colorectal cancer. 29483830 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, Smad4 could be considered as a central component of EMT transition in human colorectal cancer that combines with transcriptional factors to reduce E-cadherin and alter the expression of the epithelial phenotype. 29468299 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The frequency of genomic alterations seen in SBA demonstrated distinct differences in comparison with either colorectal cancer (APC: 26.8% [85 of 317] vs 75.9% [4823 of 6353], P < .001; and CDKN2A: 14.5% [46 of 317] vs 2.6% [165 of 6353], P < .001) or gastric carcinoma (KRAS: 53.6% [170 of 317] vs 14.2% [126 of 889], P < .001; APC: 26.8% [85 of 317] vs 7.8% [69 of 889], P < .001; and SMAD4: 17.4% [55 of 317] vs 5.2% [46 of 889], P < .001). 28617917 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Correction: Association of SMAD4 mutation with patient demographics, tumor characteristics, and clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer. 28545046 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Significantly, miR-4260 was increased in human colorectal cancer tissues with simultaneous downregulation of MCC and SMAD4, strongly suggesting the clinical relevance of targeting miR-4260 in the treatment of colorectal cancer. 28638476 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Prognostic value of loss of heterozygosity and sub-cellular localization of SMAD4 varies with tumor stage in colorectal cancer. 28423626 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our study showed that Smad4 overexpression notably decreased the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for PT in the 3 PT-resistant cell lines, and improved the inhibitory effects of PT on cell migration and enhanced apoptosis in vitro as well as suppressed xenografted tumors in a PT-resistant colorectal cancer mouse model. 28902368 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The relative expression level of SMAD-4 gene was determined by real-time PCR for 80 cases of colorectal cancer. 27914767 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of SMAD4 mutation with patient demographics, tumor characteristics, and clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer. 28267766 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Downregulated USP3 mRNA functions as a competitive endogenous RNA of SMAD4 by sponging miR-224 and promotes metastasis in colorectal cancer. 28655924 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Smad4 sensitizes colorectal cancer to 5-fluorouracil through cell cycle arrest by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/CDC2/survivin cascade. 26647806 2016
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE miR-20a-5p, as an onco-miRNA, promoted the invasion and metastasis ability by suppressing Smad4 expression in CRC cells, and high miR-20a-5p predicted poor prognosis for CRC patients, providing a novel and promising therapeutic target in human colorectal cancer. 27286257 2016
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Smad4 is regarded as a tumor suppressor in colon cancer, but its role in lymphangiogenesis in colorectal cancer is still unclear. 25680269 2015
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE SMAD4 is a gastrointestinal malignancy-specific tumor suppressor gene found mutated in one third of colorectal cancer specimens and half of pancreatic tumors. 24625091 2014
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Loss of Smad4 in colorectal cancer induces resistance to 5-fluorouracil through activating Akt pathway. 24384683 2014
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE BMP signalling can be lost not only at the level of SMAD4 but also at the level of BMP receptors (BMPRs), as has been described in colorectal cancer. 23969729 2013
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE SMAD2, SMAD3 and SMAD4 mutations in colorectal cancer. 23139211 2013
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Juvenile polyposis, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and early onset colorectal cancer in patients with SMAD4 mutation. 22331366 2012
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Obtained results, though preliminary, also indicate that SMAD4 gene promoter haplotype -462T(14)/-4T(10) may represent a genetic marker of potential relevance for pancreatic and colorectal cancer. 21036691 2011
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although Smad4 is regarded as a signaling mediator of the TGFβ signaling pathway, its role as a major suppressor of colorectal cancer progression and the molecular events underlying this phenomenon remain elusive. 21245094 2011