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Xiao-Feng Luan, Lei Wang, Xue-Feng Gai
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Qihong Nie, Wei Wei Peng, Yuli Wang, Liting Zhong, Xuebing Zhang, Ling Zeng
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Di Zhang, Xiaofeng Liu, Yun Li, Li Sun, Shu-Shu Liu, Yue Ma, Huan Zhang, Xin Wang, Yue Yu
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Ruihong Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Wenfang Zhang, Weiwei Cui, Yunling Xiao, Lanlan Liu, Sujuan Zhi, Xiaoning Feng, Xuyue Liu, Ying Shen, Jie Chai, Jing Hao
Summary: Sohlh2 suppresses colon cancer stemness and promotes differentiation by inhibiting the LncRNA-H19/miR-141/13-catenin pathway. In colon cancer tissues, Sohlh2 is inversely correlated with the expression levels of LncRNA-H19, 13-catenin, Lgr5, CD133, and positively correlated with MUC2, TFF2 expression. This suggests that Sohlh2 plays an important role in regulating colon cancer stemness and differentiation, providing potential therapeutic targets.
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Yan Zou, Limin Liu, Jie Meng, Meiyu Dai
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Hwa Jin Kim, Sue Jin Moon, Sanghoon Hong, Hong-Hee Won, Jeong Hoon Kim
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Yanhui Li, Jianhua Zhao, Zhikun Yuan, Dehan Yuan, Mao Fang, Minru Xie, Minghan Xia
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Haitao Gu, Zhiquan Xu, Jianbo Zhang, Yanbing Wei, Ling Cheng, Jijian Wang
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Summary: Wnt signaling plays a critical role in ovarian cancer, and miR-181a has been identified as a novel driver of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, promoting stemness and chemoresistance. Targeting the miR-181a-SFRP4 axis may offer a potential therapeutic strategy for HGSOC.
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Chi Jin, Tuo Wang, Dongsheng Zhang, Peng Yang, Chuan Zhang, Wen Peng, Kangpeng Jin, Lu Wang, Jiahui Zhou, Chaofan Peng, Yuqian Tan, Jiangzhou Ji, Zhihao Chen, Qingyang Sun, Sheng Yang, Junwei Tang, Yifei Feng, Yueming Sun
Summary: NAT10 promotes CRC progression through regulating mRNA ac(4)C modification, with high expression associated with pathological features of CRC. NAT10 enhances cell proliferation, migration, and invasion while inhibiting apoptosis.
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Young-Eun Cho, Jeong-Hee Kim, Young-Hyun Che, Yong-Jun Kim, Ji-Youn Sung, Yoon-Wha Kim, Bong-Geun Choe, Sun Lee, Jae-Hoon Park
Summary: ZKSCAN3 acts as an oncogenic transcription factor in human malignant tumors, and it has been identified as a downstream effector of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. It upregulates chromosomal instability in colon cancer cells by suppressing MAD2L2 expression. Moreover, the upregulation of ZKSCAN3 is an early event in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence during colon cancer development.
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2017)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
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Yunho Jin, Yoo Jin Choi, Kyu Heo, Seong Joon Park
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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Soo Bin Jung, Chae young Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee, Kyu Heo, Si Ho Choi
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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
(2021)