摘要
Longnon-codingRNAs(lncRNAs)refertoagroupofRNAsthatareusuallymorethan200nucleotidesandarenotinvolvedinproteingeneration.Instead,lncRNAsareinvolvedindifferentregulatoryprocesses,suchasregulationofgeneexpression.DifferentlncRNAsexistthroughoutthegenome.LncRNAsarealsoknownfortheirrolesindifferenthumandiseasessuchascancer.HOTAIRisanlncRNAthatplaysaroleasanoncogenicmoleculeindifferentcancercells,suchasbreast,gastric,colorectal,andcervicalcancercells.Therefore,HOTAIRexpressionlevelisapotentialbiomarkerfordiagnosticandtherapeuticpurposesinseveralcancers.ThisRNAtakespartinepigeneticregulationofgenesandplaysanimportantroleindifferentcellularpathwaysbyinteractingwithPolycombRepressiveComplex2(PRC2).Inthisreview,wedescribethemolecularfunctionandregulationofHOTAIRanditsroleindifferenttypesofcancers.
出版日期
2015年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)