| Literature DB >> 31904484 |
Rong Sheng1, Xiaoduan Li2, Ziliang Wang1, Xipeng Wang3.
Abstract
Ovarian cancer (OC), one of the gynecologic malignancies with high invasive and metastatic potential, has a low survival rate in females. Although cytoreductive surgery combined with chemotherapy is the principal treatment for OC, the prognosis remains poor, and the recurrence rate of OC remains high. It is urgent to explore novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of OC, as well as therapeutic targets. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of highly conserved, stable and abundant noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). Recent studies have shown that circRNAs participate in OC progression by regulating various processes, including cell proliferation, migration, invasion and apoptosis. In addition, circRNAs are potential biomarkers for OC diagnosis and prognosis. This review provides an overview of recent findings on circRNAs in OC, including their functions and molecular mechanisms, and discusses their potential roles as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, as well as therapeutic targets for OC.Entities:
Keywords: EMT; Exosome; Heterogeneity; MicroRNA sponge; Therapeutic target
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Year: 2020 PMID： 31904484 DOI： 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.12.043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN： 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679