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ArticleCancer cell international2020

MAFG-AS1 aggravates the progression of pancreatic cancer by sponging miR-3196 to boost NFIX.

Liqing Ye, Weijian Feng, Hanqin Weng, Chongde Yuan, Jia Liu, Zaiguo Wang

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liqing YeDepartment of Hepato-Billiary Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, 523059, Guangdong, China.
Weijian FengDepartment of Hepato-Billiary Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, 523059, Guangdong, China.
Hanqin WengDepartment of Hepato-Billiary Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, 523059, Guangdong, China. wenghanqin81@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1899-3939
Chongde YuanDepartment of Hepato-Billiary Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, 523059, Guangdong, China.
Jia LiuDepartment of Hepato-Billiary Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, 523059, Guangdong, China.
Zaiguo WangDepartment of Hepato-Billiary Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangming Road, Dongcheng District, Dongguan, 523059, Guangdong, China.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA host of researches have demonstrated the regulation of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the progression of pancreatic cancers (PC). In this study, our main task was to analyze the function of MAF bZIP transcription factor G antisense RNA 1 (MAFG-AS1) in PC.

methodsRT-qPCR measured gene expression. Functional experiments, including EdU assay, flow cytometry analysis, TUNEL assay and transwell assay, assessed the biological changes of PC cells. RNA pull down assay, luciferase reporter assay and RIP assay verified the interaction between RNAs.

resultsMAFG-AS1 was lowly expressed in normal pancreatic samples but up-regulated in PC tissues and cell lines. Besides, MAFG-AS1 silence suppressed cell proliferation and migration whereas promoted cell apoptosis in PC. Mechanism assays verified that miR-3196 could bind with MAFG-AS1. Moreover, miR-3196 was discovered to be lowly expressed in PC cell lines, and its overexpression inhibited PC cell growth and migration. Importantly, nuclear factor I X (NFIX), overexpressed in PC cell lines, was validated to be positively modulated by MAFG-AS1 through absorbing miR-3196. Moreover, overexpression of NFIX could countervail the restraining effects of MAFG-AS1 knockdown on the growth and migration of PC cells.

conclusionMAFG-AS1 had an oncogenic function in the progression of PC via regulating miR-3196/NFIX pathway, and decreasing MAFG-AS1 expression could attenuate PC progression.

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MAFG-AS1miR-3196NFIXPancreatic cancer

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