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ArticlePloS one2021

A panel of 8-lncRNA predicts prognosis of breast cancer patients and migration of breast cancer cells.

Lili Zhu, Kang Cui, Lanling Weng, Pu Yu, Yabing Du, Tengfei Zhang, Hong Liu, Bingjie Li, Wang Ma

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Lili ZhuDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Kang CuiDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Lanling WengDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Pu YuDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yabing DuDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Tengfei ZhangDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Hong LiuDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Bingjie LiDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6540-5557
Wang MaDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNZhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBreast cancer (BCa) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among females around the world. Recent studies have indicated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can serve as an independent biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis in many types of cancer, including pancreatic adenocarcinoma, gastric cancer, liver cancer, and lung cancer. Previous studies have shown that many lncRNAs are associated with the occurrence and development of BCa. However, few studies have combined multiple lncRNAs to predict the prognosis of early-stage BCa patients.

methodsSystematic and comprehensive analysis of data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was conducted to identify lncRNA signatures with prognostic value in BCa. Additionally, the relative expression levels of the 8 lncRNA of several BCa cell lines were detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and the results were substituted into a risk score formula. Finally, migration assays were used to verify the result from prognostic analysis according to the risk scores among cell lines with different risk scores.

resultsOur study included 808 BCa patients with complete clinical data. A panel of 8 lncRNAs was identified using Wilcox tests as different between normal and tumor tissue of the BCa patients. This panel was used to analyze the survival of BCa patients. Patients with low risk scores had greater overall survival (OS) than those with high risk scores. Multivariate Cox regression analyses demonstrated that the lncRNA signature was an independent prognostic factor. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) suggested that the lncRNAs might be involved in several molecular signaling pathways implicated in BCa such as the DNA replication pathway, the cell cycle pathway, and the pentose phosphate pathway. Validation experiments in breast cancer cells to test cell migration by using wound-healing assays supported the results of the model.

conclusionOur study demonstrated that a panel of 8 lncRNAs has the potential to be used as an independent prognostic biomarker of BCa.

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AgedBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell MovementFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMCF-7 CellsPrognosisRNA, Long NoncodingSignal TransductionBiomarkers, TumorRNA, Long Noncoding

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