• 1.Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China;;
  • 2.Department of Oncology,West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China;;
  • 3.Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology,State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China;
ZHOU Zongguang., Email: zhou767@163.com
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Objective  To investigate the role of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α (PPARα) in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer.
Method  The literatures about PPARα and the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer were reviewed and analyzed.
Result  The relationships of PPARα to the proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation of colorectal cancer cells in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer were controversial.
Conclusions  PPARα might be involved in the regulation of proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis of colorectal cancer cells, but the pathogenesis and the up- and down-stream signal pathways are not elucidated. In additional, PPARα might partly be involved in the mechanism of drug resistance of chemotherapy drugs for colorectal cancer, but the role is not very clear yet. So more research works need to be done about the relationship of PPARα to pathogenesis of colorectal cancer.

Citation: WEI Renjie,YANG Lie,ZHANG Lie,LU You,HU Jiankun,MO Xianming,ZHOU Zongguang.. Role of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor α in Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2013, 20(11): 1320-1324. doi: Copy