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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2021

Long noncoding RNA SNHG20 promotes prostate cancer progression via upregulating DDX17.

Xing-Cheng Wu, Wei-Gang Yan, Zhi-Gang Ji, Guo-Yang Zheng, Guang-Hua Liu

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Silencing DDX17 inhibits proliferation and migration of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cellsNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xing-Cheng WuDepartment of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China.
Wei-Gang YanDepartment of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China.
Zhi-Gang JiDepartment of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China.
Guo-Yang ZhengDepartment of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China.
Guang-Hua LiuDepartment of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAccumulating evidence has revealed the critical roles of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in various cancers. LncRNA SNHG20 has been shown to be a cancer-associated lncRNA in several cancers with diverse mechanisms. However, the clinical references, biological roles, and mechanisms of action of SNHG20 in prostate cancer (PCa) are still unclear. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe expression of SNHG20 in PCa tissues and cell lines was detected by RT-qPCR. The correlations between SNHG20 expression and clinicopathological features were analyzed by χ

resultsSNHG20 is highly expressed in PCa tissues and cell lines. High expression of SNHG20 is positively correlated with high Gleason score and advanced tumor stage. Functional experiments revealed that overexpression of SNHG20 promotes PCa cell proliferation and migration. SNHG20 knockdown represses PCa cell proliferation and migration. Mechanistically, SNHG20 was verified to act as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) to upregulate DDX17. DDX17 is also highly expressed and has oncogenic roles in PCa. Furthermore, the expression of DDX17 is significantly positively correlated with that of SNHG20 in PCa tissues. Depletion of DDX17 reverses the oncogenic roles of SNHG20 in PCa.

conclusionsThese data showed that SNHG20 promotes PCa cell proliferation and migration via acting as a ceRNA to upregulate DDX17. This study also suggested that SNHG20 may be a potential novel therapeutic target for PCa.

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competing endogenous RNADDX17long noncoding RNAmigrationproliferationprostate cancer

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