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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2020

An Emerging Class of Long Non-coding RNA With Oncogenic Role Arises From the snoRNA Host Genes.

Alina-Andreea Zimta, Adrian Bogdan Tigu, Cornelia Braicu, Cristina Stefan, Calin Ionescu, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Role of SNHGs in Adverse Prognostic Factors in Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025
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  8. LncRNA SNHG3: a potential biomarker for human diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  12. LncSNHGs: new targets in osteosarcoma.Cancer gene therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alina-Andreea ZimtaMedfuture Research Center for Advanced Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Adrian Bogdan TiguMedfuture Research Center for Advanced Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cornelia BraicuResearch Center for Functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristina StefanAfrican Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer, Cape Town, South Africa.
Calin IonescuSurgical Department, Municipal Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioana Berindan-NeagoeMedfuture Research Center for Advanced Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The small nucleolar RNA host genes (SNHGs) are a group of long non-coding RNAs, which are reported in many studies as being overexpressed in various cancers. With very few exceptions, the SNHGs (SNHG1, SNHG3, SNHG5, SNHG6, SNHG7, SNHG12, SNHG15, SNHG16, SNHG20) are recognized as inducing increased proliferation, cell cycle progression, invasion, and metastasis of cancer cells, which makes this class of transcripts a viable biomarker for cancer development and aggressiveness. Through our literature research, we also found that silencing of SNHGs through small interfering RNAs or short hairpin RNAs is very effective in both

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cancerinvasionlncRNAsmalignant diseaseproliferationSNHGsnoRNA

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PMID32318335
PMCPMC7154078

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