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ArticleCell death & disease2016

Targeting long non-coding RNA-TUG1 inhibits tumor growth and angiogenesis in hepatoblastoma.

R Dong, G-B Liu, B-H Liu, G Chen, K Li, S Zheng, K-R Dong

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R DongDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
G-B LiuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
B-H LiuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
G ChenDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
K LiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
S ZhengDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
K-R DongDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Children's Hospital of Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver tumor of early childhood, which is usually characterized by unusual hypervascularity. Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) have emerged as gene regulators and prognostic markers in several cancers, including hepatoblastoma. We previously reveal that lnRNA-TUG1 is upregulated in hepatoblastoma specimens by microarray analysis. In this study, we aim to elucidate the biological and clinical significance of TUG1 upregulation in hepatoblastoma. We show that TUG1 is significantly upregulated in human hepatoblastoma specimens and metastatic hepatoblastoma cell lines. TUG1 knockdown inhibits tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo, and decreases hepatoblastoma cell viability, proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro. TUG1, miR-34a-5p, and VEGFA constitutes to a regulatory network, and participates in regulating hepatoblastoma cell function, tumor progression, and tumor angiogenesis. Overall, our findings indicate that TUG1 upregulation contributes to unusual hypervascularity of hepatoblastoma. TUG1 is a promising therapeutic target for aggressive, recurrent, or metastatic hepatoblastoma.

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AnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHepatoblastomaHumansLiver NeoplasmsMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsNeoplasm InvasivenessNeovascularization, PathologicRNA, Long NoncodingUp-RegulationMicroRNAsMIRN34 microRNA, humanRNA, Long NoncodingTUG1 long noncoding RNA, humanVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID27362796
PMCPMC5108331
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