Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29262850›Full record

ArticleGenome biology2017

The oncogenic role of circPVT1 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is mediated through the mutant p53/YAP/TEAD transcription-competent complex.

Lorena Verduci, Maria Ferraiuolo, Andrea Sacconi, Federica Ganci, Jlenia Vitale, Teresa Colombo, Paola Paci, Sabrina Strano, Giuseppe Macino, Nikolaus Rajewsky and 1 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Genome biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 151 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
151citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
11.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

151 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 283 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Impact of circActa histochemica et cytochemica · 2025
    Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. CircPVT1 weakens miR-33a-5p unleashing the c-MYC/GLS1 metabolic axis in breast cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
    Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Review

91 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Lorena VerduciOncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy.
Maria FerraiuoloOncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy.
Andrea SacconiOncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy.
Federica GanciOncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy.
Jlenia VitaleOncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy.
Teresa ColomboInstitute for Computing Applications "Mauro Picone", National Research Council, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Paola PaciInstitute for System Analysis and Computer Science "Antonio Ruberti", National Research Council, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Sabrina StranoMolecular Chemoprevention Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe MacinoDepartment of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, La Sapienza University of Rome, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Nikolaus RajewskySystems Biology of Gene Regulatory Elements, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, D-13125, Berlin, Germany.
Giovanni BlandinoOncogenomic and Epigenetic Unit, Italian National Cancer Institute, "Regina Elena", 00144, Rome, Italy. giovanni.blandino@ifo.gov.it.
National Cancer Institute · MYIstituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica Antonio Ruberti · ITMax Delbrück Center · DENational Research Council · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

AIRC 14455EPIGEN 13/05/R/42
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCircular RNAs are a class of endogenous RNAs with various functions in eukaryotic cells. Worthy of note, circular RNAs play a critical role in cancer. Currently, nothing is known about their role in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The identification of circular RNAs in HNSCC might become useful for diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in HNSCC.

resultsUsing samples from 115 HNSCC patients, we find that circPVT1 is over-expressed in tumors compared to matched non-tumoral tissues, with particular enrichment in patients with TP53 mutations. circPVT1 up- and down-regulation determine, respectively, an increase and a reduction of the malignant phenotype in HNSCC cell lines. We show that circPVT1 expression is transcriptionally enhanced by the mut-p53/YAP/TEAD complex. circPVT1 acts as an oncogene modulating the expression of miR-497-5p and genes involved in the control of cell proliferation.

conclusionsThis study shows the oncogenic role of circPVT1 in HNSCC, extending current knowledge about the role of circular RNAs in cancer.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorMutationRNAAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCarcinogenesisCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMicroRNAsModels, BiologicalMultiprotein ComplexesOncogenesPhenotypeAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsMIRN497 microRNA, humanMultiprotein ComplexesPhosphoproteinsPVT1 long-non-coding RNA, humanRNARNA, CircularRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription FactorsTumor Suppressor Protein p53YAP1 protein, humanYAP-Signaling ProteinscircPVT1HNSCCmiR-497-5pmut-p53PVT1TEADYAP

Identifiers

PMID29262850
PMCPMC5738800
OpenAlexW2779615732

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.