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ArticleAging2020

Analysis of METTL3 and METTL14 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Xiangxiang Liu, Jian Qin, Tianyi Gao, Chenmeng Li, Xiaoxiang Chen, Kaixuan Zeng, Mu Xu, Bangshun He, Bei Pan, Xueni Xu and 4 more

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Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. METTL14‑mediated RNA methylation in digestive system tumors.International journal of molecular medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiangxiang LiuSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China.
Jian QinGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Tianyi GaoGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Chenmeng LiSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaoxiang ChenGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Kaixuan ZengSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China.
Mu XuGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Bangshun HeGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Bei PanGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Xueni XuSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China.
Yuqin PanGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Huiling SunGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Tao XuGeneral Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, Jiangsu, China.
Shukui WangSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNSoutheast University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation is the most prevalent modification of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and catalyzed by a multicomponent methyltransferase complex (MTC), among which methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) and METTL14 are two core molecules. However, METTL3 and METTL14 play opposite regulatory roles in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, we conducted a multi-omics analysis of METTL3 and METTL14 in HCC, including RNA-sequencing, m6ARIP-sequencing, and ribosome-sequencing profiles. We found that the expression and prognostic value of METTL3 and METTL14 are opposite in HCC. Besides, after METTL3 and METTL14 knockdown, most of the dysregulated mRNAs, signaling pathways and biological processes are distinct in HCC, which partly explains the contrary regulatory role of METTL3 and METTL14. Intriguingly, these mRNAs whose stability or translation efficiency are influenced by METTL3 or METTL14 in an m6A dependent manner, jointly regulate multiple signaling pathways and biological processes, which supports the cooperative role of METTL3 and METTL14 in catalyzing m6A modification. In conclusion, our study further clarified the contradictory role of METTL3 and METTL14 in HCC.

Indexed as

AdenosineCarcinoma, HepatocellularDatabases, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Regulatory NetworksHumansLiver NeoplasmsMethylationMethyltransferasesRNA, MessengerRNA StabilitySignal TransductionTranscriptomeAdenosineMethyltransferasesMETTL14 protein, humanMETTL3 protein, humanN-methyladenosineRNA, Messengerbioinformatics analysishepatocellular carcinomaMETTL14METTL3N6-methyladenosine

Identifiers

PMID33159022
PMCPMC7695415
OpenAlexW3096098911

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