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ArticleBioMed research international2016

Circular RNA-ITCH Suppresses Lung Cancer Proliferation via Inhibiting the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway.

Li Wan, Lin Zhang, Kai Fan, Zai-Xing Cheng, Quan-Chao Sun, Jian-Jun Wang

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Article in BioMed research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 215 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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215 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 362 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li WanDepartment of Thoracis Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Lin ZhangDepartment of Thoracis Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Kai FanDepartment of Thoracis Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Zai-Xing ChengDepartment of Thoracis Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Quan-Chao SunDepartment of Thoracis Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Jian-Jun WangDepartment of Thoracis Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6800-3000
Union Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a special form of noncoding RNAs, circular RNAs (circRNAs) played important roles in regulating cancer progression mainly by functioning as miRNA sponge. While the function of circular RNA-ITCH (cir-ITCH) in lung cancer is still less reported, in this study, we firstly detected the expression of cir-ITCH in tumor tissues and paired adjacent noncancer tissues of 78 patients with lung cancer using a TaqMan-based quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The results showed that the expression of cir-ITCH was significantly decreased in lung cancer tissues. In cellular studies, cir-ITCH was also enhanced in different lung cancer cell lines, A549 and NIC-H460. Ectopic expression of cir-ITCH markedly elevated its parental cancer-suppressive gene, ITCH, expression and inhibited proliferation of lung cancer cells. Molecular analysis further revealed that cir-ITCH acted as sponge of oncogenic miR-7 and miR-214 to enhance ITCH expression and thus suppressed the activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Altogether, our results suggested that cir-ITCH may play an inhibitory role in lung cancer progression by enhancing its parental gene, ITCH, expression.

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RNAWnt Signaling PathwayA549 CellsAdultAgedCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDactinomycinFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMicroRNAsDactinomycinITCH protein, humanMicroRNAsRepressor ProteinsRNARNA, CircularUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID27642589
PMCPMC5013215
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