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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2020

Circular RNA SMARCA5 correlates with favorable clinical tumor features and prognosis, and increases chemotherapy sensitivity in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Qi Lu, Tao Fang

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The diverse roles of circular RNAs in cholangiocarcinoma.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  5. Circular RNAs and Cancers.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  13. Emerging roles of circular RNAs in liver cancer.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qi LuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Huangshi Central Hospital of Edong Healthcare Group, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China.
Tao FangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Huangshi Central Hospital of Edong Healthcare Group, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5640-5865
Hubei Polytechnic University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis present study aimed to investigate the correlation of circular RNA SMARCA5 (circ-SMARCA5) with clinicopathological features and overall survival (OS), and the effect of circ-SMARCA5 on cell proliferation and chemotherapy sensitivity to cisplatin/gemcitabine in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).

methodsTotally 92 primary ICC patients who underwent resection were recruited, and their tumor tissues and adjacent tissues were collected for circ-SMARCA5 detection. The effect of circ-SMARCA5 on cell proliferation and chemotherapy sensitivity was detected after circ-SMARCA5 overexpression plasmid transfection into TFK-1 and HuH-28 ICC cells.

resultsCirc-SMARCA5 expression was reduced in ICC tumor tissues compared to adjacent tissues. Tumor circ-SMARCA5 high expression was negatively associated with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance score, T stage, N stage, TNM stage, and abnormal CA199 status. Furthermore, OS was increased in patients with tumor circ-SMARCA5 high expression compared with those with low expression, and further multivariate Cox's regression demonstrated that tumor circ-SMARCA5 high expression was an independent predictive factor for longer OS. In TFK-1 and HuH-28 ICC cells, circ-SMARCA5 upregulation decreased cell proliferation, reduced relative cell viability in cisplatin-treated as well as gemcitabine-treated cells, and also decreased inhibitory concentration by 50% value (IC

conclusionThe correlation of circ-SMARCA5 with favorable clinical tumor features, survival profile, and its promoting effect on chemotherapy sensitivity implies its potential as a valuable biomarker in monitoring disease progression and prognosis of ICC.

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Cell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCholangiocarcinomaCisplatinDeoxycytidineFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleGemcitabineGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRNA, CircularUp-RegulationCisplatinDeoxycytidineGemcitabineRNA, Circularcell proliferationchemotherapy sensitivitycircular RNA SMARCA5intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaprognosis

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PMID31880360
PMCPMC7171308
OpenAlexW2997381186

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