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ArticleCancer management and research2021

Circular RNA 0014715 Facilitates Cell Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Hao Zhang, Linling Ju, Peipei Hu, Jun Ye, Canlin Yang, Junxing Huang

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Hao Zhang *Department of Oncology, Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Taizhou, 225300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Linling Ju *Nantong Institute of Liver Diseases, Nantong Third People's Hospital, Nantong University, Nantong, 226000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Peipei Hu *Department of Pain Medicine, Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nantong Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nantong, 226000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Jun YeInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Taizhou, 225300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Canlin YangDepartment of Oncology, Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Taizhou, 225300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Junxing HuangDepartment of Oncology, Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Taizhou, 225300, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNTaizhou People's Hospital · CNNantong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCircular RNAs (circRNAs) have recently been verified to have multiple biological functions and participate in diverse biological processes in different malignant tumors, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Nonetheless, the function of circular RNA 0014715 (hsa_circ_0014715, circ_0014715) in ESCC has not been described. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe investigated clinical data from sixty-seven patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer. The clinical data were collected. And we analyzed the correlation between the clinical characteristics of these patients and the expression of circ_0014715. Besides, we explored the expression of circ_0014715 in ESCC cell lines. We used cell counting kit-8, colony formation, transwell assay, and flow cytometry to detect changes in cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and cell cycle progression.

resultsWe found that circ_0014715 was highly expressed in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissues and cell lines. The correlation analysis of clinicopathological features and gene expression revealed that high expression of circ_0014715 was related to nerve invasion, vascular invasion, more advanced tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage and poor differentiation grade. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves revealed that circ_0014715 might have diagnostic value for ESCC. Experiments with cultured cells showed that knockdown of circ_0014715 significantly restrained cell proliferation, migration, invasion, wound healing and accelerated cell apoptosis. And cell cycle arrest at G2 phase was observed via flow cytometry. Overexpression of circ_0014715 caused the opposite effects. Collectively, these studies show that circ_0014715 is closely connected with the pathogenesis and development of ESCC. The excess expression of circ_0014715 may have promoting effects on the progression of esophageal cell carcinoma.

conclusionOur finding revealed that circ_0014715 promoted tumor growth and cell proliferation. All of these suggest that targeting circ_0014715 has potential therapeutic value in the treatment of ESCC.

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biological characteristicscell proliferationcircular RNA 0014715circular RNAsesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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