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ArticleOncology letters2017

Decreased expression of the long non-coding RNA MLLT4 antisense RNA 1 is a potential biomarker and an indicator of a poor prognosis for gastric cancer.

Yuexing Lai, Ping Xu, Jie Liu, Qinghua Li, Dabin Ren, Jun Zhang, Jing Wang

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuexing LaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai 201600, P.R. China.
Ping XuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai 201600, P.R. China.
Jie LiuDepartment of Digestive Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
Qinghua LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai 201600, P.R. China.
Dabin RenDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai 201600, P.R. China.
Jun ZhangDepartment of Digestive Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
Jing WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai 201600, P.R. China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNFudan University · CNSongjiang District Central Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the identification of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) led to the analysis of their characteristics in cancer biology. However, the expression of lncRNAs in cancer and their clinical significance remain unclear. In the present study, an investigation of lncRNAs that may be involved in the regulation of metastasis using microarray and polymerase chain reaction analyses resulted in the identification of MLLT4 antisense RNA 1 (MLLT4-AS1) as a significantly downregulated lncRNA in gastric cancer tissue compared with normal adjacent tissue (P=0.006). Furthermore, the downregulation of MLL4-AS1 was significantly associated with advanced Tumor-Node-Metastasis stage (P=0.007) and lymph node metastasis (P=0.008). Cox regression analysis showed that MLLT4-AS1 expression was an independent predictor for overall survival (hazard ratio, 13.136; 95% confidence interval, 5.065-34.068; P<0.001). These data suggest that the decreased expression of MLLT4-AS1 is a potential biomarker and a predictor of a poor prognosis for gastric cancer.

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gastric cancerlong non-coding RNAMLLT4-AS1

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PMID28927028
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