Circular RNA: metabolism, functions and interactions with proteins.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phospholipid phosphatase 4 (PPAPDC1A or PLPP4) has been demonstrated to be involved in the malignant process of many cancers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical significance and biological roles of PLPP4 in lung carcinoma. METHODS:PLPP4 expression was examined in 8 paired lung carcino...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang X,Zhang L,Lin B,Chai X,Li R,Liao Y,Deng X,Liu Q,Yang W,Cai Y,Zhou W,Lin Z,Huang W,Zhong M,Lei F,Wu J,Yu S,Li X,Li S,Li Y,Zeng J,Long W,Ren D,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differential mRNA splicing and alternative promoter usage of the TP73 gene results in the expression of multiple NH2-truncated isoforms that act as oncogenes. Abundant levels of these p73 variants in a variety of human cancers correlated with adverse clinical prognosis and response failure to conventional th...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Emmrich S,Wang W,John K,Li W,Pützer BM

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains the leading cause of mortality in patients with clear cell RCC arising from mutations in the von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor. Successful RCC tumor suppression by VHL requires the negative regulation of hypoxia inducible factor alpha (HIF alpha) protein a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Petrella BL,Brinckerhoff CE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastasis is the leading cause of death among breast cancer patients. Identifying key cellular factors controlling invasion and metastasis of breast cancer cells should pave the way to new therapeutic strategies efficiently interfering with the metastatic process. PAX2 (paired box 2) transcription factor is...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Beauchemin D,Lacombe C,Van Themsche C

更新日期：2011-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously identified TrkB as an oncogene involved in promoting metastasis in endometrial carcinoma (EC). Here, we sought to delineate the effect of changes in TrkB expression on the global profile of microRNAs (miRNAs) in EC cells and further investigated the correlation between the expression of certain...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Bao W,Wang HH,Tian FJ,He XY,Qiu MT,Wang JY,Zhang HJ,Wang LH,Wan XP

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A vast array of tumor-derived genetic, proteomic and cellular components are constantly released into the circulation of cancer patients. These molecules including circulating tumor DNA and RNA, proteins, tumor and immune cells are emerging as convenient and accurate liquid biomarkers of cancer. Circulating cancer bio...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lim SY,Lee JH,Diefenbach RJ,Kefford RF,Rizos H

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emerging studies suggest that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, we report a lncRNA, SATB2-AS1, which is specifically expressed in colorectal tissue and is significantly reduced in CRC. We systematically elucidated its functions and possible molecular mechanis...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Xu M,Xu X,Pan B,Chen X,Lin K,Zeng K,Liu X,Xu T,Sun L,Qin J,He B,Pan Y,Sun H,Wang S

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The expression of the rodent phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C delta-4 (PLCdelta4) has been found to be elevated upon mitogenic stimulation and expression analysis have linked the upregulation of PLCdelta4 expression with rapid proliferation in certain rat transformed cell lines. The human homologue ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Leung DW,Tompkins C,Brewer J,Ball A,Coon M,Morris V,Waggoner D,Singer JW

更新日期：2004-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The exposure of skin keratinocytes to Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation leads to Akt phosphorylation at Ser-473, which is important for the carcinogenic effects of excessive sun exposure. The present study investigated the underlying mechanism of Akt Ser-473 phosphorylation by UVB radiation. RESULTS:We found tha...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tu Y,Ji C,Yang B,Yang Z,Gu H,Lu CC,Wang R,Su ZL,Chen B,Sun WL,Xia JP,Bi ZG,He L

更新日期：2013-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are tumor-selective, multi-mechanistic antitumor agents. They kill infected cancer and associated endothelial cells via direct oncolysis, and uninfected cells via tumor vasculature targeting and bystander effect. Multimodal immunogenic cell death (ICD) together with autophagy often induced by O...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Bartlett DL,Liu Z,Sathaiah M,Ravindranathan R,Guo Z,He Y,Guo ZS

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is highly invasive and aggressive and lacks specific molecular targets to improve the prognosis. MiR-25-3p promotes proliferation of many tumors and its role and underlying mechanisms in TNBC remain to be well elucidated. METHODS:Differential expression of miR-25-3p in T...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Chen H,Pan H,Qian Y,Zhou W,Liu X

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in polymerase ε (POLE) confer favorable prognosis and outcomes in various cancer types, but their role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unknown. Utilizing the data of 513 patients with adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and 497 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohor...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu L,Ruiz J,O'Neill SS,Grant SC,Petty WJ,Yang M,Chen K,Topaloglu U,Pasche B,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:METTL3 is known to be involved in all stages in the life cycle of RNA. It affects the tumor formation by the regulation the m6A modification in the mRNAs of critical oncogenes or tumor suppressors. In bladder cancer, METTL3 could promote the bladder cancer progression via AFF4/NF-κB/MYC signaling network by ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Han J,Wang JZ,Yang X,Yu H,Zhou R,Lu HC,Yuan WB,Lu JC,Zhou ZJ,Lu Q,Wei JF,Yang H

更新日期：2019-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expression of kappa gene is under the control of distinct cis-regulatory elements, including the kappa intron enhancer (iE kappa) and the kappa 3' enhancer (3'E kappa). The active enhancers and expression of immunoglobulin is generally considered to be restricted to B lymphocytes. However, accumulating evide...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu H,Zheng H,Duan Z,Hu D,Li M,Liu S,Li Z,Deng X,Wang Z,Tang M,Shi Y,Yi W,Cao Y

更新日期：2009-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal amplification/expression of HER-2/neu oncogene has been causally linked with tumorigenesis and metastasis in breast cancer and associated with shortened overall survival of patients. Recently, heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) was reported to be highly expressed in HER-2/neu positive tumors and cell lin...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang D,Wong LL,Koay ES

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified as important epigenetic regulators that play critical roles in human cancers. However, the regulatory functions of lncRNAs in tumorigenesis remains to be elucidated. Here, we aimed to investigate the molecular mechanisms and potential clinical application o...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： He X,Chai P,Li F,Zhang L,Zhou C,Yuan X,Li Y,Yang J,Luo Y,Ge S,Zhang H,Jia R,Fan X

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive oxygen species contribute to normal thyroid function. The NRF2 oxidative response pathway is frequently and constitutively activated in multiple tumor types, including papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Genetic mechanisms underlying NRF2 pathway activation in PTC are not fully understood. Thus, we a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Martinez VD,Vucic EA,Pikor LA,Thu KL,Hubaux R,Lam WL

更新日期：2013-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic plasticity has been increasingly thought to be a determinant of tumor growth and metastasis. MACC1, a transcriptional regulator of MET, was recognized as an oncogene in gastric cancer (GC); however, its transcriptional or post-translational regulation was not clear. We previously reported the metab...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhao Y,Liu Y,Lin L,Huang Q,He W,Zhang S,Dong S,Wen Z,Rao J,Liao W,Shi M

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambiguity in malignant transformation of glioma has made prognostic diagnosis very challenging. Tumor malignant transformation is closely correlated with specific alterations of the metabolic profile. Exploration of the underlying metabolic alterations in glioma cells of different malignant degree is therefo...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Shao W,Gu J,Huang C,Liu D,Huang H,Huang Z,Lin Z,Yang W,Liu K,Lin D,Ji T

更新日期：2014-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major causes of mortality. ABT-263 is a newly synthesized, orally available Bcl-2/xL inhibitor that shows promising efficacy in HCC therapy. ABT-263 inhibits the anti-apoptotic activity of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, but not Mcl-1. Previous reports have shown that ABT-263 u...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang B,Ni Z,Dai X,Qin L,Li X,Xu L,Lian J,He F

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although gemcitabine-based chemotherapy has been established as a core multimodal therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment, its clinical efficacy remains limited by the development of acquired resistance following tumor metastasis and relapse. In this study, we investigated how gemcitabine-re...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wei F,Ma C,Zhou T,Dong X,Luo Q,Geng L,Ding L,Zhang Y,Zhang L,Li N,Li Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in cancer development and progression, acting as tumor suppressors or oncogenes. Our previous studies have revealed that miR-148a and miR-152 are significantly down-regulated in gastrointestinal cancers. Interestingly, miR-148b has the same "seed sequences" as miR-148a and miR...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Song YX,Yue ZY,Wang ZN,Xu YY,Luo Y,Xu HM,Zhang X,Jiang L,Xing CZ,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of genes involved in the response to viral infection and in the stimulation of the immune system. Moreover, multiple studies have demonstrated that it negatively regulates cell growth and oncogenesis, favoring cell differe...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Massimino M,Vigneri P,Fallica M,Fidilio A,Aloisi A,Frasca F,Manzella L

更新日期：2012-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly because of its high mortality rate in patients who are diagnosed at late stages. Conventional biomarkers originating from blood are widely used for cancer diagnosis, but their low sensitivity and specificity limit their widespread application in cancer screeni...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang S,Zhang K,Tan S,Xin J,Yuan Q,Xu H,Xu X,Liang Q,Christiani DC,Wang M,Liu L,Du M

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor cells produce various cytokines and chemokines that attract leukocytes. Leukocytes can amplify parenchymal innate immune responses, and have been shown to contribute to tumor promotion. Neutrophils are among the first cells to arrive at sites of inflammation, and the increased number of tumor-associate...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Gong L,Cumpian AM,Caetano MS,Ochoa CE,De la Garza MM,Lapid DJ,Mirabolfathinejad SG,Dickey BF,Zhou Q,Moghaddam SJ

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been documented as playing important roles in cancer development. In this study, we investigated the role of miR-124 in breast cancer and clarified the regulation of flotillin-1 (FLOT1) by miR-124. METHODS:The expression levels of miR-124 were examined in breast cancer cell lines and...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Li L,Luo J,Wang B,Wang D,Xie X,Yuan L,Guo J,Xi S,Gao J,Lin X,Kong Y,Xu X,Tang H,Xie X,Liu M

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human cell cycle transcription factor FOXM1 is known to play a key role in regulating timely mitotic progression and accurate chromosomal segregation during cell division. Deregulation of FOXM1 has been linked to a majority of human cancers. We previously showed that FOXM1 was upregulated in basal cell c...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Teh MT,Gemenetzidis E,Chaplin T,Young BD,Philpott MP

更新日期：2010-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia can halt cell cycle progression of several cell types at the G1/S interface. The arrest needs to be overcome by cancer cells. We have previously shown that the hypoxia-inducible cellular oxygen sensor PHD3/EGLN3 enhances hypoxic cell cycle entry at the G1/S boundary. METHODS:We used PHD3 knockdown b...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Högel H,Miikkulainen P,Bino L,Jaakkola PM

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As one of the most frequent chemical modifications in eukaryotic mRNAs, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification exerts important effects on mRNA stability, splicing, and translation. Recently, the regulatory role of m6A in tumorigenesis has been increasingly recognized. However, dysregulation of m6A and its fu...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Yue B,Song C,Yang L,Cui R,Cheng X,Zhang Z,Zhao G

更新日期：2019-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epigenetic regulators play a critical role in the maintenance of specific chromatin domains in an active or repressed state. Disruption of epigenetic regulatory mechanisms is widespread in cancer cells and largely contributes to the transformation process through active repression of tumor suppressor genes. ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Yeh CH,Bai XT,Moles R,Ratner L,Waldmann TA,Watanabe T,Nicot C

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00