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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

Long Non-Coding RNA GAPLINC Promotes Tumor-Like Biologic Behaviors of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes as MicroRNA Sponging in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.

Bi Yao Mo, Xing Hua Guo, Meng Ru Yang, Fang Liu, Xuan Bi, Yan Liu, Lin Kai Fang, Xi Qing Luo, Julie Wang, Joseph A Bellanti and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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61citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Bi Yao MoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xing Hua GuoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Meng Ru YangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Fang LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xuan BiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yan LiuCenter for Clinic Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Lin Kai FangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xi Qing LuoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Julie WangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hershey Medical Center at Penn State University, Hershey, PA, United States.
Joseph A BellantiDepartment of Pediatrics and Microbiology-Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Yun Feng PanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Song Guo ZhengDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hershey Medical Center at Penn State University, Hershey, PA, United States.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USGeorgetown University · USShenzhen University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

Therapeutic immunoregulation mediated by TGF-??-induced iTregs in autoimmune arthR01AR059103 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JARJOUR, WAEL N · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Human Gingiva (GMSC) Inhibit Bone Erosion in Autoimmune ArthritisR61AR073049 · NIAMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI ZHENG, SONG GUO · 2017 to 2018
$767k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR059103NIAMS NIH HHS R61 AR073049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapidly accumulating evidence has now suggested that the long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs), a large and diverse class of non-coding transcribed RNA molecules with diverse functional roles and mechanisms, play a major role in the pathogenesis of many human inflammatory diseases. Although some LncRNAs are overexpressed in plasma, T cell, and synovial tissues of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is a dearth of knowledge in what role these transcripts play in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) of these patients. Here, our studies showed that GAPLINC, a newly identified functional LncRNA in oncology, displayed a greater degree of expression in FLSs from RA than in patients with traumatic injury. GAPLINC suppression in RA-FLS cells revealed significant alterations in cell proliferation, invasion, migration, and proinflammatory cytokines production. Additionally, we performed a preliminary bioinformatics analysis of GAPLINC gene sequence in order to find its target molecules, using miRanda, PITA, RNAhybrid algorithms, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes, and gene ontology analysis. Since the results predicted that some of microRNAs and mRNA may interact with GAPLINC, we simulated a gene co-action network model based on a competitive endogenous RNA theory. Further verification of this model demonstrated that silencing of GAPLINC increased miR-382-5p and miR-575 expression. The results of this study suggest that GAPLINC may function as a novel microRNAs sponging agent affecting the biological characteristics of RA-FLSs. Additionally, GAPLINC may also promote RA-FLS tumor-like behaviors in a miR-382-5p-dependent and miR-575-dependent manner. Based upon these findings, LncRNA GAPLINC may provide a novel valuable therapeutic target for RA patients.

Indexed as

MicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingArthritis, RheumatoidFibroblastsHumansNeoplasmsSynoviocytesMicroRNAsRNA, Long Noncodingcell behaviors regulationfibroblast-like synoviocytesLncRNA GAPLINClong non-coding RNAsrheumatoid arthritis

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PMCPMC5902673
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