Project description:To identify breast cancer metastasis-relevant circRNAs, we assessed the expression profiles of circRNAs in parental MDA-MB-231 (231-PAR) cells, isogenic brain metastatic cells (231-BM6), lung metastatic cells (LM2) and bone metastatic cells (1833), which were isolated from brain, lung or bone-seeking 231-PAR cells
Project description:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are key regulators in the development and progression of human cancers. A human circRNA microarray analysis was performed to screen for abnormally expressed circRNAs in breast cancer tissue and circRNA-000911 was identified as a circRNA which was significantly downregulated in breast cancer cells. Mechanistic investigations suggested that the enhanced expression of circRNA-000911 suppressed cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and promoted the apoptosis of breast cancer cells. The overexpression of circRNA-000911 may provide a future direction which may aid in the development of a novel treatment strategy for breast cancer.
Project description:circRNA microArray analysis from Arraystar were used to examine the expression profile in HCC with metastasis, HCC without metastasis, and non-tumor tissues
Project description:Many studies have demonstrated the importance of circRNA in regulating gene expression through functioning as microRNA sponges. However, the roles of circRNA-protein interaction are not fully understood. Importantly, how circRNA-protein interaction contributes the progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is largely unexplored. Therefore, RNA Pull down assay for investigating RNA-protein interaction was performed in PANC-1 cells.