Key messages
Downregulation of DAPK1 promotes chemoresistance and metastasis of CRC. Inhibition of DAPK1 promotes the stemness of cancer stem cells and EMT process. DAPK1-ZEB1 may lie at the interface of TGF-β and WNT pathways. DAPK1-ZEB1 participates in both CSCs and EMT process.
