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Lin28B is an oncofetal circulating cancer stem cell-like marker associated with recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- The diagnostic value of assays for circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2017Pooled it
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- Unveiling the mechanisms and challenges of cancer drug resistance.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Review
- N6-methyladenosine-mediated overexpression of long noncoding RNA ADAMTS9-AS2 triggers neuroblastoma differentiation via regulating LIN28B/let-7/MYCN signaling.JCI insight · 2023Article
- A combined bioinformatics and experimental approach identifies RMI2 as a Wnt/β-catenin signaling target gene related to hepatocellular carcinoma.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- CircNFIX stimulates the proliferation, invasion, and stemness properties of ovarian cancer cells by enhancing SH3RF3 mRNA stability via binding LIN28B.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2023Article
- Oncofetal reprogramming in tumour development and progression.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2022Review
- MicroRNA let-7b inhibits hepatitis C virus and induces apoptosis in human hepatoma cells.Molecular biology reports · 2022Article
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- Molecular subclassification of gastrointestinal cancers based on cancer stem cell traits.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2021Review
- Actinomycin D Arrests Cell Cycle of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines and Induces p53-Dependent Cell Death: A Study of the Molecular Mechanism Involved in the Protective Effect of IRS-4.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Liquid biopsy as a perioperative biomarker of digestive tract cancers: review of the literature.Surgery today · 2021Review
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- Identification of novel targets of miR-622 in hepatocellular carcinoma reveals common regulation of cooperating genes and outlines the oncogenic role of zinc finger CCHC-type containing 11.Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
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- Association of LIN28B polymorphisms with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.Virology journal · 2020Article
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- MicroRNA‑379‑5p suppresses renal fibrosis by regulating the LIN28/let‑7 axis in diabetic nephropathy.International journal of molecular medicine · 2019Article
- MicroRNA-203 impacts on the growth, aggressiveness and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by targetingOncotarget · 2019Article
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Abstract
By using an expressed sequence tag bioinformatic algorithm, we identified that Lin28 homolog B (Lin28B) may have an oncofetal expression pattern which may facilitate detecting cancer cells in adults. It is also reported to be a potential marker for cancer stem cells. Therefore, we sought to verify oncofetal-stemness characters of Lin28B and test its potential as a circulating cancer stem cell-like marker in adult HCC patients. Lin28B mRNA was examined in a panel of fetal tissue, adult tissue and tumors. Lin28B was over-expressed or knocked down in HepG2 cells to evaluate its potential as a stem cell-like marker. RT-qPCR for Lin28B was performed in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with HCC receiving surgery (n=96) and non-HCC controls (n=60) and analyzed its clinical significance. Lin28B showed an oncofetal expression pattern. Its overexpression could upregulate stemness markers (OCT4, Nanog and SOX2) and enhance tumorsphere formation in vitro. Lin28B knockdown had opposite effects. Circulating Lin28B was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in 3 cases (5%) of non-HCC controls and 32 cases (33.3%) of HCC patients. In HCC patients, circulating Lin28B was associated with high tumor grade (P=0.046), large size (P=0.005), high AJCC stage (P=0.044) and BCLC stage (P=0.017). Circulating Lin28B was significantly associated with decreased recurrence-free survival (P<0.001). Circulating Lin28B separated early stage HCC into 2 recurrence-free survival curves (P=0.003). In multivariate analysis, circulating Lin28B was an independent variable associated with early recurrence (P=0.045) and recurrence in early stage HCC (P=0.006). In conclusion, the oncofetal gene Lin28B is a potential oncofetal cancer-stem-cell-like circulating tumor cell marker that correlates with HCC recurrence after hepatectomy. Circulating Lin28B could refine early AJCC stages. Our finding supports the possible use of a TNMC (C for circulating tumor cells) staging system in HCC.
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