Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41555274›Full record

ArticleBMC cancer2026

Rs12516 A allele elevates the risk of colorectal cancer via functional CeRNA network of BDNF-AS, miR-4704-5p and BRCA1.

Daxu Liu, Zhijun Fan, Teng Zhang, Xiaoxia Li, Cui Ming, Jiahang Wu, Xiaobo Lu, Deyu Sun

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors.

Daxu Liu *Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Zhijun Fan *Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Teng ZhangLiaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Xiaoxia LiDepartment of Surgery, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Cui MingLiaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Jiahang WuDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Xiaobo LuDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China.
Deyu SunLiaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China. 91111@126.com.

Funding

Liaoning Province Applied Basic Research Program in 2022 2022JH2/101300052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDNA double-strand break repair has emerged as a vital pathway to repair DNA damage seriously related to the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC).

methodsTo explore valid susceptible biomarkers of CRC via investigating the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in DSBR genes with CRC risk, seven polymorphisms located in 3'-untranslated regions of DSBR genes including RAD51 rs11852786, RAD51B rs963917, BRCA1 rs12516 and rs8176318, BRCA2 rs15869, XRCC4 rs2035990 and XRCC5 rs2440 were detected and analyzed in a CRC case-control study (cases (202) and also controls (202)). The PolymiRTs and miRSNP database were used to predict the microRNAs that can bind to 3'UTR SNPs. Since long non-coding RNA as a miRNA "sponge" played the role of competing endogenous RNA, DAVID database was used to find the lncRNAs that can bind to the candidate miRNA seed sequences.

resultsBRCA1 rs12516 minor A allele was found to be linked with a higher risk of CRC than its major G allele (OR = 2.716, 95%CI: 1.394-5.292, P = 0.003). The stratified analyses demonstrated rs12516 AA genotype with a more elevated risk of CRC in male (OR = 3.089, 95% CI:1.315 ~ 7.255) or age > 50 population (OR = 3.318, 95%CI:1.571 ~ 7.006) than its GG genotype. BRCA1 rs12516 A allele created a novel miR-4704-5p binding target, and there was a negative correlation between miR-4704-5p and BRCA1 expression (r =-0.7199, P = 0.0440). Based on the theory of ceRNA network, it was predicted that lncRNA BDNF-AS can competitively bind to miR-4704-5p, whose expression was exhibited to be negatively correlated with BDNF-AS (r=-0.3481, P = 0.0375). On the contrary, BDNF-AS expression showed a positive correlation with BRCA1 mRNA level in colorectal tissue carrying rs12516 of A allele (adjacent tissue: r = 0.7269, P = 0.0411; cancer tissue: r = 0.7134, P = 0.0469). ROC curve showed both BDNF-AS (AUC = 0.651, P = 0.0277) and miR-4704-5p (AUC = 0.7215, P = 0.0012) can distinguish CRC tissues from their adjacent tissues.

conclusionBRCA1 rs12516 is characterized as a potential biomarker associated with CRC risk, via a possible functional ceRNA network of BDNF-AS, miR-4704-5p and BRCA1. The interaction of a lower expression of BDNF-AS, a higher expression of miR-4704-5p and rs12516 A allele could together increase the risk of colorectal cancer.

Indexed as

BRCA1 ProteinColorectal NeoplasmsMicroRNAsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRNA, Long Noncoding3' Untranslated RegionsAgedAllelesCase-Control StudiesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle Aged3' Untranslated RegionsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanMicroRNAsRNA, Competitive EndogenousRNA, Long NoncodingBRCA1rs12516 polymorphismColorectal cancerDNA double-strand break repairhsa-miR-4704-5pLncRNA BDNF-AS

Identifiers

PMID41555274
PMCPMC12895930

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.