KRT20, keratin 20, 54474

N. diseases: 559; N. variants: 1
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Immunohistochemistry with cytokeratin (CK)7, CK20, and thyroid transcription factor (TTF) 1 as a primary panel in metastatic tumors is highly recommended. 31347548 2020
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Usefulness of large-section cytokeratin 20 in the detection of intestinal wall infiltration and mesangial metastasis in patients with middle and lower rectal cancer. 30964123 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Immunohistochemical examination showed CDX-2 (+), PCK (+), CK20 (+), CK7 (-), and TTF (-), which supported the metastasis of gastric cancer. 31832419 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE The latter, an mRNA termed KRT20, has been shown to be over-expressed in metastases originating from colorectal cancer (CRC). 31121464 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The median time between diagnosis and IBM was 46.7 months (range 0-180).Most CRC metastases are CK7-/CK20+. 31087546 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE CK20 was expressed in a higher percentage of CRC and nodal metastasis than CK7. 29637921 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE CD20+ melanoma stem cells (CSCs) are pivotal for metastasis and initiation of melanoma. 29388568 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The CD20 immunohistochemistry on archival nonmetastasized and metastasized cutaneous primary melanoma tissues from 2 independent patient cohorts was performed. 27107457 2016
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE The GCC mRNA and CK20 mRNA levels in peripheral blood and the serum levels of CEA of 92 CRC patients without distant organ metastasis were analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR and ELISA, respectively. 23150200 2013
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE However, little is known about CK20 expression and tumor metastasis in tamoxifen-resistant MCF-7 (TRM-7) breast cancer cells. 22493352 2012
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Cytokeratin 7 (CK7) and 20 (CK20) are used for the differential diagnosis of metastases from colorectal carcinomas (CRC), which are usually CK7-/CK20+, and other tumors. 22361037 2012
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE SLNs were examined for the presence of metastases by routine hematoxylin-erythrosin-safranin staining and by cytokeratin 20 (CK20) and mucin 2 (MUC2) mRNA quantification. 22752373 2012
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE CK20 and VEGF expressions in peripheral blood of CRC patients are promising molecular markers for CRC progression and metastasis. 20395351 2011
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE CK 19 might be linked to the clinical progression and differentiation of OSCC, and CK 20 could be associated with metastases of neck lymph nodes in OSCC. 17786476 2008
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The rate of positive findings of the individual markers (CK20: 88%; GCC: 88%; K-ras: 67%) and their combinations (88-50%) was significantly higher in biopsies from liver metastases than in liver samples from patients without evident distant metastasis (M0; p<0.03). 15459772 2005
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE On the other hand, positive staining for CK19 and CK20 and frequent negativity for HepPar1 in both primary tumors and their metastases were distinctive features of HAC. 14508391 2003
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE CK20-specific RT-PCR is a highly sensitive, specific and simple method for detecting occult metastases in lymph nodes. 12133290 2002
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Examination of peripheral blood samples from 37 patients with gastrointestinal tumors showed a cytokeratin-20 detection rate of 30% and a significant correlation with the presence of distant metastases (P < 0.02). 12454978 2002
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In this study, we compared real-time RT-PCR for CEA and CK20 and analysed patients with metastatic disease (n=32) and healthy volunteers (n=17). 12420218 2002
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE This study has therefore sought to determine K20 specificity and to correlate K20 expression with mutant K-RAS expression, in order to provide direct evidence that K20 expression in lymph nodes of colorectal cancer patients genuinely reflects metastatic disease. 10767714 2000
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE To study the clinical significance of CK20 expression as a marker of systemic metastatic disease it is essential to measure CK20 mRNA levels in hematopoietic tissue with sensitive quantitative RT-PCR. 11074237 2000
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE CK 20-specific signals were detected in 9 (22.5%) of 40 PBMN cell samples prepared from 40 urothelial cancer patients in relation to the tumor stage, including 0/13 patients with a superficial tumor, 4/21 (19%) with a regionally invasive tumor and 5/6 (83%) with a metastatic tumor (P = 0.0002 in chi 2 test). 10470288 1999
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE All eight patients with recurrence were positive for CK20 mRNA, as were four patients in the Dukes' C stage with either distant metastasis or dissemination. 9579841 1998
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE This suggests a role for RT-PCR in the detection of colon carcinoma metastasis in blood and bone marrow, using CK 20 as the target gene. 7530983 1995
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In gastrointestinal carcinomas similarly examined, CK 20 has been detected in almost all cases (50/52) of colorectal adenocarcinomas, including all grades of differentiation and malignancy and also metastatic tumors, whereas CK 20 immunostaining in gastric carcinomas has been found less consistent and more heterogeneous. 8359595 1993