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. 2019 Aug;593(15):1901-1914.
doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.13470. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

Crosstalk between the lncRNA UCA1 and microRNAs in cancer

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Crosstalk between the lncRNA UCA1 and microRNAs in cancer

Wei Xuan et al. FEBS Lett. 2019 Aug.
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Abstract

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a major subset of highly conserved non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that consist of at least 200 nucleotides and have limited protein-coding potential. Cumulative data have shown that lncRNAs are deregulated in many types of cancer and may control pathophysiological processes of cancer at various levels, including transcription, post-transcription and translation. Recently, lncRNAs have been demonstrated to interact with microRNAs (miRNAs), another major subset of ncRNAs, which regulate physiological and pathological processes by inhibiting target mRNA translation or promoting mRNA degradation. The lncRNA urothelial carcinoma-associated 1 (UCA1) has recently gained much attention as it is overexpressed in many types of cancer and is involved in carcinogenesis. Here, we review the crosstalk between UCA1 and miRNAs during the pathogenesis of cancer, with a focus on cancer-cell proliferation, invasion, drug resistance, and metabolism.

Keywords: UCA1; cancer; drug resistance; invasion; metabolism; micro RNA; proliferation.

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