LncSHRG promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by activating HES6.
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SUBMITTER: Xu YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5642582 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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LncSHRG promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by activating <i>HES6</i>.
Xu Ying-Chen YC Liang Chao-Jie CJ Zhang Dong-Xin DX Li Guan-Qun GQ Gao Xia X Fu Jian-Zhu JZ Xia Feng F Ji Jia-Jun JJ Zhang Li-Jun LJ Li Guang-Ming GM Wu Ji-Xiang JX
Oncotarget 20170803 41
Hepatocellular carcinoma, one of the most common cancers, leads to mass mortality worldwide currently. However, the underlying mechanism of its oncogenesis remains to be elucidated. Here we identified that a long noncoding RNA, <i>lncSHRG</i>, was greatly upregulated in human hepatocellular carcinoma samples. We found that lncSHRG was essential for liver cancer cell proliferation and tumor propagation in mice. In mechanism, <i>lncSHRG</i> recruits SATB1 to bind to <i>HES6</i> promoter and initia ...[more]
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