Topic Highlight
Copyright ©2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2014; 20(18): 5177-5190
Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5177
Figure 3
Figure 3 Scheme depicting the stages of normal epithelium-to-carcinoma sequence and the potential factors that relate obesity and colorectal cancer progression. ADIPORs: Adiponectin receptors; AKT: Serine/threonine-protein kinase; AMPK: Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase; APC: Adenomatous polyposis coli; COX2: Cyclooxygenase-2; DCC: Deleted in colorectal carcinoma; HMG-CoA R: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase; JAK: Janus kinase; ObR: Leptin receptor; STAT: Signal transducers and activators of transcription.