lung cancer tissues; adjacent normal tissues; xenograft tumors
A549; H1299; 16HBE
cell line-derived xenograft
glycolysis (promotes); proliferation (promotes); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); ceRNA regulation (promotes)
RT-qPCR; Clinical Sample Validation; Transfection; MTT; Transwell Assay; Luciferase Reporter Assay; Western Blot; In Vivo Animal Model
High Hsa_circ_0001421 expression is associated with advanced TNM stages, larger tumor size, and deeper invasion depth in lung cancer.
circ_0001421 is up-regulated in lung cancer tissues and cell lines and functions as an oncogenic circRNA. It promotes proliferation, migration, invasion, glycolysis, and in vivo tumor growth by sponging miR-4677-3p to upregulate CDCA3, with associated increases in HK2 and glycolytic output.
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Circ_0001421 facilitates glycolysis and lung cancer development by regulating miR-4677-3p/CDCA3.
combined biological and clinical study