| Expression pattern: |
UP |
| Associated gene: |
HMGB1 |
| Associated microRNA: |
miR-361-3p |
| Biological function: |
Promotes malignant characteristics of HCC cells (cell viability, migration, invasion) and accelerates malignant progression. |
| Molecular mechanism: |
Acts as a miRNA sponge for miR-361-3p to regulate HMGB1 (ceRNA mechanism). |
| Biological pathway or process: |
proliferation (promotes); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); ceRNA regulation (promotes) |
| Detected method: |
Q
|
| Validation methods: |
RT-qPCR; Clinical Sample Validation; ROC Analysis; Survival Analysis; Transfection; Luciferase Reporter Assay; RNA Pull-Down; CCK8; Transwell Assay; Western Blot; Bioinformatics Analysis |
| Clinical significance: |
High expression of circMMP11 in HCC was associated with patient overall survival; serum circMMP11 had good diagnostic efficacy in distinguishing HCC patients from the control group (AUC 0.9331). |
| Description: |
circMMP11 (hsa_circ_0062558) is up-regulated in HCC tissues/cell lines and promotes HCC malignant behaviors. Mechanistically, it sponges miR-361-3p to increase HMGB1, forming a circMMP11/miR-361-3p/HMGB1 axis. Clinically, high circMMP11 indicates worse prognosis and serum circMMP11 shows strong diagnostic performance for HCC. |
| Confidence score: |
0.7752 |