Related fucntions with liver diseases | Ref. | Association with liver cancer | Ref. | ||
Ligands | Jagged1 | mutation: Alagille syndrome | [31] | upregulation: cancer, poor prognosis | [65] |
copy number gain: cancer, poor prognosis | [57] | ||||
Jagged2 | NR | NR | |||
DLL1 | NR | NR | |||
DLL3 | NR | NR | |||
DLL4 | fibrosis and NASH pathogenesis | [52] | HBV-x relation | [90] | |
Receptors | Notch1 | biliary differentiation from HPCs by autophagy | [77] | upregulation: cancer, poor prognosis | [78] |
HBV-x relation | [90] | ||||
Notch2 | bile duct development | [80] | aggressiveness of liver cancer | [79] | |
relation with hepatoblastoma | [82] | HPCs: dedifferentiated liver cancer | [81] | ||
genomic abnormality: Alagille syndrome | [34] | ||||
Notch3 | diffentiation and progression of cholangiocarcinoma | [83] | HBV-x relation | [90] | |
modulating the stemness of tumor cells | [84] | ||||
Notch4 | hepatocytic-liniage commitment of HPCs | [87] | upregulation: cancer, poor prognosis | [88] | |
HBV-x relation | [90] |
NR: not definitely reported; HPCs: hepatocyte progenitor cells; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.