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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

Diagnostic and prognostic value of circular RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Jin-Yu Sun, Xiao-Yu Zhang, Yi-Zhi Cao, Xiao Zhou, Jian Gu, Xiao-Xin Mu

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jin-Yu SunDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Sparkfire Scientific Research Group, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao-Yu ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Huai'an Second People's Hospital, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huai'an, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0718-3703
Yi-Zhi CaoDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Sparkfire Scientific Research Group, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao ZhouKey Laboratory of Liver Transplantation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jian GuKey Laboratory of Liver Transplantation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao-Xin MuKey Laboratory of Liver Transplantation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2573-3879
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignant tumour, which has posed a heavy health and financial burden worldwide. Due to limited symptoms at the early stage and the limitation in current biomarkers, HCC patients are usually diagnosed at the advanced stage with a pessimistic overall survival rate. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a subclass of single-stranded RNAs characterized by a covalently closed loop structure without 3'- or 5'-end. With advances in high-throughput sequencing technology and bioinformatics, accumulating studies have demonstrated the promotor or suppressor roles of circRNAs in the carcinogenesis, progression, and metastasis of HCC. Moreover, circRNAs are characteristic of higher abundance, stability and conservation compared with linear RNAs. Therefore, circRNAs have emerged as one of the most promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for HCC with reliable accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. In this review, we briefly introduce the characteristics of circRNAs and summarize the roles of circRNAs in the biological procedures of HCC. Furthermore, we provide an overview on the potential diagnostic and prognostic value of circRNAs as biomarkers for patients with HCC. Finally, we discuss future perspectives of circRNAs in cancer research.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorCell-Free Nucleic AcidsRNA, CircularCarcinoma, HepatocellularDisease SusceptibilityHumansLiver NeoplasmsPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorCell-Free Nucleic AcidsRNA, Circularcircular RNAsdiagnostic biomarkerhepatocellular carcinomaprognostic biomarker

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PMID32281724
PMCPMC7214155
OpenAlexW3015424770

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