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SynthesisOncotarget2017

Long non-coding RNA HULC as a potential prognostic biomarker in human cancers: a meta-analysis.

Yang-Hua Fan, Miao-Jing Wu, Yuan Jiang, Minhua Ye, Shi-Gang Lu, Lei Wu, Xin-Gen Zhu

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Synthesis in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yang-Hua FanDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Miao-Jing WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Yuan JiangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Minhua YeDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Shi-Gang LuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Lei WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Xin-Gen ZhuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNNanchang University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the long non-coding RNA HULC (Highly Upregulated in Liver Cancer) is dysregulated in many cancers, we performed a meta-analysis to determine its prognostic potential in malignant tumors. We searched electronic databases, including PubMed, Medline, OVID, Cochrane Library and Web of Science from inception until August 14, 2016 and identified seven studies with 730 cancer patients for the meta-analysis. We analyzed the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to determine the relationship between HULC expression and overall survival (OS). We also using RevMan5.3 software to calculate odds ratio (ORs) to assess the association between HULC expression and pathological parameters, including lymph node metastasis (LNM), distant metastasis (DM) and the tumor stage. Our analysis showed that higher HULC expression was associated with OS (HR= 0.50, 95% CI: 0.35-0.70, P <0.00001), LNM (OR=0.20, 95 % CI 0.06-0.64), DM (OR=0.27, 95% CI: 0.13-0.54) and the tumor stage (OR=0.39, 95 % CI 0.25-0.64). These meta-analysis data demonstrate that higher HULC expression can be a useful prognostic biomarker in human cancers.

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Biomarkers, TumorHumansNeoplasmsOdds RatioPrognosisRNA, Long NoncodingBiomarkers, TumorHULC long non-coding RNA, humanRNA, Long NoncodingHULCmeta-analysismetastasisneoplasmprognosis

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PMID28199963
PMCPMC5400593
OpenAlexW3152104281

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