Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39733742›Full record

ArticleTranslational oncology2025

circICMT upregulates and suppresses the malignant behavior of bladder cancer.

Xin Luo, FangMei Xie, Guoqiang Qin, Ge Zou, Xu Lu, Chaofeng Zhang, Zeping Han, Ying Zhao, Xiaoyu Song, WenFeng Luo and 3 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Translational oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Xin LuoDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
FangMei XieCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Guoqiang QinDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Ge ZouDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Xu LuDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Chaofeng ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Zeping HanCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Ying ZhaoCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Xiaoyu SongCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
WenFeng LuoCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
Yongsheng LiInstitution of Guangdong Cord Blood Bank, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China.
JinHua HeCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China; Rehabilitation Medicine Institute of Panyu District, Guangdong 511400, PR China. Electronic address: hejinhua@pyhospital.com.cn.
Jian ShenCentral Laboratory, The Affiliated Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511400, PR China. Electronic address: shenjian516@qq.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCircular RNA (circRNA) is a new type of endogenous single-stranded RNA with a covalently closed circular structure. Increasing evidence shows that circRNA plays an important role in regulating gene expression in tumors. circICMT is a circular RNA produced by the ICMT gene. Currently, the molecular function of circICMT in bladder cancer remains unclear.

methodDifferentially expressed circRNAs were identified from RNA sequencing data and circICMT was identified as a new candidate circRNA. qRT-PCR and sanger sequencing were used to detect the expression of circICMT in bladder cancer tissue specimens. Stable cell lines overexpressing and knocking down circICMT were constructed to explore the effect of circICMT on bladder cancer cells. Its biological effects were detected through wound healing experiments, colony formation experiments, CCK-8 experiments and xenogeneic tumorigenesis experiments.

resultThis study found that circICMT was significantly upregulated in bladder cancer tissue specimens. Overexpression of circICMT can inhibit cell migration, proliferation and colony formation ability, while knockdown of circICMT promotes the malignant phenotype of bladder cancer cells. Bioinformatics predictions have found that circICMT can bind to a variety of miRNAs and RBPs and may form a complex regulatory network to regulate the progression of bladder cancer.

conclusioncircICMT is significantly highly expressed in bladder cancer, and intervening circICMT expression affects the malignant phenotype of bladder cancer cells in vivo and in vitro, which may provide potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the management of bladder cancer.

Indexed as

Bladder cancerceRNAcircICMTcircRNA

Identifiers

PMID39733742
PMCPMC11743880

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.