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| INTRODUC TI ONColorectal cancer (CRC) has been a common malignancy and leading cause of cancer mortality in the developed and developing countries, in recent years. 1 Epidemiological data in recent years suggest that the 5-year prevalence of CRC has reached 74.6 and 58.3 per 100 000 men and women, respectively. 2 According to the data, approximately 41% of all CRCs occur in the proximal colon, while 22% occur in the distal colon and 28% in the rectum. 2 With the advancements in understanding the pathogenesis, CRC is typically seen as a series of mutations and epigenetic changes that accumulate slowly, which may lead to a loss of function in tumour-suppressor genes and an increase in oncogenes. [3][4][5] Thus, understanding the function and mechanism of hub genes during CRC development
AbstractSeizure-related 6 homolog (mouse)-like 2 (SEZ6L2) was shown to be involved in transcription of a type 1 transmembrane protein for regulating cell fate. Until now, the expression and function of SEZ6L2 in various cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC), were unclear. In the present study, we determined the expression of SEZ6L2 in a tissue microarray from patients with CRC and then, analysed the correlation between SEZ6L2 expression and the prognosis of the patients. Furthermore, the potential function of SEZ6L2 in CRC was determined using cell counting kit, colony formation assay and xenograft model in vitro and in vivo. Flow cytometry, Western