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Long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 facilitates tumor growth and promotes metastasis in colorectal cancer

Overview of attention for article published in Biological Research, August 2016
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Title
Long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 facilitates tumor growth and promotes metastasis in colorectal cancer
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Biological Research, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40659-016-0094-3
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Xu Han, Lingling Wang, Yu Ning, Shuang Li, Zhenjun Wang

Abstract

Long non-coding RNAs can regulate tumorigenesis of various cancers. Dys-regulation of lncRNA-AFAP1-AS1 has not been studied in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). This study was to examine the function involvement of AFAP1-AS1 in tumor growth and metastasis of CRC. Relative expression of AFAP1-AS1 in CRC tissues and CRC cells lines was determined using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Functional involvement of AFAP1-AS1 in tumor proliferation and metastasis was evaluated in AFAP1-AS1-specific siRNA-treated CRC cells and in CRC cell xenograft. Expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related gene expression was determined using western blot. Relative expression of AFAP1-AS1 was significantly elevated in CRC tissues and CRC HCT116 and SW480 cell lines. AFAP1-AS1 knock-down suppressed SW480 cell proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion. Also AFAP1-AS1 knock-down inhibited tumor metastasis-associated genes expression in terms of EMT. This carcinostatic action by AFAP1-AS1 knock-down was further confirmed by suppression of tumor formation and hepatic metastasis of CRC cells in nude mice. lncRNA-AFAP1-AS1 knock-down exhibits antitumor effect on colorectal carcinoma in respects of suppression of cell proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells.

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Unknown 21 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 3 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Student > Master 2 10%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 8 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 29%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Unspecified 1 5%
Neuroscience 1 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 9 43%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 April 2017.
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#15,739,529
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#217
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#201,831
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#3
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