| Expression pattern: |
UP |
| Associated gene: |
BLM, Ago2 |
| Associated microRNA: |
miR-27b-3p |
| Biological function: |
Promotes proliferation, migration, and invasion; inhibits apoptosis; facilitates tumor growth in vivo. |
| Molecular mechanism: |
Acts as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) that sponges miR-27b-3p to upregulate BLM. |
| Biological pathway or process: |
proliferation (promotes); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); apoptosis (inhibits); ceRNA regulation (promotes) |
| Detected method: |
Q
|
| Validation methods: |
Back-Splice Junction PCR / divergent primers PCR; RNase R Treatment; Sanger Sequencing; RT-qPCR; FISH / smFISH; Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Fractionation; RNA Pull-Down; RIP (RNA Immunoprecipitation); Luciferase Reporter Assay; Transfection; CCK8; EdU Staining; Transwell Assay; Wound Healing Assay; Western Blot; IF (Immunofluorescence); In Vivo Animal Model; H&E Staining; IHC (Immunohistochemistry); Clinical Sample Validation; Bioinformatics Analysis |
| Clinical significance: |
circ_0001671 holds promise as both a diagnostic biomarker and a therapeutic target for prostate cancer. |
| Description: |
hsa_circ_0001671 (circ_0001671), derived from EIF3B, is up-regulated in prostate cancer tissues and cell lines and mainly localizes to the cytoplasm. It promotes proliferation, migration, invasion and tumor growth while inhibiting apoptosis by sponging miR-27b-3p to upregulate BLM (circ_0001671/miR-27b-3p/BLM ceRNA axis). |
| Confidence score: |
0.8748 |