| Literature DB >> 29281558 |
Yan Guo1,2,3, Yuji Ma1,2,3, Xuanhao Hu4, Rongbo Song1,2,3, Li Zhu1,2,3, Ming Zhong1,2.
Abstract
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most aggressive and lethal malignancies affecting the head and neck region with a general 5-year survival rate about 50%. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are believed to participate in diverse biological processes and are emerging as convenient and minimally invasive diagnostic/prognostic/therapeutic markers. The aim of this study was to explore CEBPA-AS1 role and mechanism in OSCC tumorigenesis. In this study, CEBPA-AS1 localized in the cytoplasm and the peri-nuclear cellular compartment functioning as a potential oncogene up-regulated in OSCC was correlated with poor differentiation, lymph node metastasis and high clinical stage, which made it considered to be a prognostic biomarker. Silence of CEBPA-AS1 inhibited OSCC cells proliferation and induced cells apoptosis, migration and invasion by targeting CEBPA and via a novel pathway CEBPA/Bcl2. Our findings provided the first evidence for the lncRNA CEBPA-AS1 regulatory network in OSCC tumorigenesis, which might be helpful to improve the effects of clinical treatment in OSCC.Entities:
Keywords: CEBPA; CEBPA-AS1; LncRNAs; Oral squamous cell carcinoma
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29281558 PMCID: PMC5790341 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2017.1416276
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Biol Ther ISSN: 1538-4047 Impact factor: 4.742