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ArticleOncotarget2017

The lncRNA HOXA11-AS functions as a competing endogenous RNA to regulate PADI2 expression by sponging miR-125a-5p in liver metastasis of colorectal cancer.

Dong Chen, Qiang Sun, Lufei Zhang, Xiaohu Zhou, Xiaofei Cheng, Dongkai Zhou, Feng Ye, Jianjiang Lin, Weilin Wang

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dong ChenDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Qiang SunKey Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Lufei ZhangKey Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaohu ZhouKey Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaofei ChengDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Dongkai ZhouKey Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Feng YeDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jianjiang LinDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Weilin WangKey Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang University · CNBlood Center of Zhejiang Province · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in the regulation of liver metastasis in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. We previously described the potential involvement of HOMEOBOX A11 (HOXA11) antisense RNA (HOXA11-AS), miR-125a-5p, and peptidyl arginine deiminase 2 (PADI2) in promoting liver metastasis in CRC patients. In the present study, we verified the significant upregulation of HOXA11-AS and PADI2, as well as the downregulation of miR-125a-5p, in CRC patients with liver metastasis. Overexpression and knockdown studies of HOXA11-AS or PADI2, as well as gain-/loss-of-function studies of miR-125a-5p, revealed a positive correlation between HOXA11-AS and PADI2 and a negative correlation with miR-125a-5p in the regulation of liver metastasis in CRC cell lines. Overall, we conclude that HOXA11-AS promotes liver metastasis in CRC by functioning as a miR-125a-5p sponge and describe a novel HOXA11-AS-miR-125a-5p-PADI2 regulatory network involved in CRC liver metastasis.

Indexed as

colorectal cancer (CRC)HOXA11 antisense RNA (HOXA11-AS)liver metastasislong noncoding RNA (lncRNA)peptidyl arginine deiminase 2 (PADI2)

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PMID29050308
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