Article3 Biotech2021
LncRNA FOXP4-AS1 serves as a biomarker for nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosis and prognosis.
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- FOXP4-AS1 May be a Potential Prognostic Biomarker in Human Cancers: A Meta-Analysis and Bioinformatics Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- A narrative review of papillary thyroid carcinoma-related long non-coding RNAs and their relevance to malignant tumors.Translational cancer research · 2025Review
- Epigenetic regulation and tumor suppressive function of lncRNA EP300-AS1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through activation of TFAP2C binding to CST6: implications for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Emerging roles of long non-coding RNA FOXP4-AS1 in human cancers: From molecular biology to clinical application.Heliyon · 2024Review
- lncRNAs are potential prognostic markers in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China: A systematic review and meta‑analysis.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2024Article
- LncRNA FOXP4-AS1 silencing inhibits metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in nasopharyngeal carcinoma via miR-136-5p/MAPK1.Anti-cancer drugs · 2023Article
- Long Non-Coding RNA Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 4 Induced by Transcription Factor SP1 Promoted the Progression of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Through Modulating microRNA-510-5p/Centromere Protein F Axis.Biochemical genetics · 2023Article
- FOXP4-AS1 Inhibits Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Proliferation and Migration Through the AKT Signaling Pathway.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Long non-coding RNAs in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: biological functions and clinical applications.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2021Review
- FBXL19‑AS1 promotes the progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by acting as a competing endogenous RNA to sponge miR‑431 and upregulate PBOV1.Molecular medicine reports · 2021Article
- [Interference of long noncoding RNA FOXCUT inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transformation and induces mitochondrial injury in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2021Article
- BBOX1-AS1 Accelerates Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Progression by Sponging miR-3940-3p and Enhancing KPNA2 Upregulation.Cancer management and research · 2021Article
- LncRNA FOXP4-AS1 Promotes the Progression of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Interacting With MLL2/H3K4me3 to Upregulate FOXP4.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study was performed to probe the clinical significance of serum lncRNA FOXP4-AS1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) tumorigenesis. LncRNA FOXP4-AS1 from nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and healthy volunteers were abstracted and converged. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of FOXP4-AS1. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of FOXP4-AS1. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and log-rank test were used to assess the patients' survival prognosis. Independent risk factors for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed by univariate and multivariate cox proportional hazards regression analysis. In this study, we observed that the levels of FOXP4-AS1 were significantly upregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients compared to healthy volunteers. Besides, the expression of FOXP4-AS1 was closely associated with T stage, lymph node metastasis, and clinical stage. Meanwhile, ROC analysis found that FOXP4-AS1 had diagnostic values to distinguish tumor patients from healthy volunteers. Furthermore, patients with high FOXP4-AS1 expression level had poorer OS and PFS than those with low FOXP4-AS1 expression. Finally, univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis found that the T stage, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage, FOXP4-AS1 expression might be independent risk factors for OS and PFS of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. This study firstly clarified that FOXP4-AS1 was overexpressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. And FOXP4-AS1 may act as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker, and hopeful therapeutic target for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.
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