BC tumor specimens; para-hepatic normal breast tissue; tumor tissue; normal tissue; nude mouse tumor tissue
MCF-10A; MDA-MB-361; SK-Br-3; HUVEC
cell line-derived xenograft
ceRNA regulation (promotes); proliferation (promotes); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); angiogenesis (promotes); apoptosis (inhibits); metastasis (promotes)
RT-qPCR; RNase R Treatment; Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Fractionation; Clinical Sample Validation; RIP (RNA Immunoprecipitation); Luciferase Reporter Assay; Bioinformatics Analysis; Transfection; MTT; EdU Staining; Colony Formation Assay; Transwell Assay; Annexin V/PI Flow Cytometry; Tube Formation Assay; Western Blot; IHC (Immunohistochemistry); In Vivo Animal Model
High circ-TFF1 expression was correlated with tumor size, lymph node metastasis, and TNM stage in breast cancer patients.
circ-TFF1 is up-regulated in breast cancer tissues and cell lines and is mainly cytoplasmic. It promotes malignant breast cancer phenotypes, including proliferation, migration, invasion, angiogenesis/tube formation, and xenograft tumor growth, while suppressing apoptosis. Mechanistically, circ-TFF1 sponges miR-129-2-3p to up-regulate IRAK1, forming a circ-TFF1/miR-129-2-3p/IRAK1 regulatory axis.
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Circ-TFF1 Promotes Breast Cancer Progression Through the miR-129-2-3p/IRAK1 Axis.
combined biological and clinical study