| Expression pattern: |
UP |
| Associated gene: |
USP14 |
| Associated microRNA: |
miR-520a-3p |
| Biological function: |
promotes proliferation, migration and invasion and inhibits apoptosis in HCC cells; mediates the antitumor effect of lidocaine |
| Molecular mechanism: |
ceRNA sponge: circ_DYNC1H1 sponges miR-520a-3p to regulate USP14 expression |
| Biological pathway or process: |
proliferation (promotes); apoptosis (inhibits); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); ceRNA regulation (promotes) |
| Detected method: |
Q
|
| Validation methods: |
RT-qPCR; RNase R Treatment; Actinomycin D / DRB Stability Assay; Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Fractionation; Luciferase Reporter Assay; Transfection; Colony Formation Assay; MTT; Annexin V/PI Flow Cytometry; Transwell Assay; Western Blot; In Vivo Animal Model; IHC (Immunohistochemistry); Clinical Sample Validation; Bioinformatics Analysis |
| Clinical significance: |
- |
| Description: |
circ_DYNC1H1 is upregulated in HCC and mainly localized in the cytoplasm. It promotes HCC malignant phenotypes by sponging miR-520a-3p and thereby increasing USP14 expression, and lidocaine suppresses HCC progression partly by downregulating circ_DYNC1H1 to modulate the miR-520a-3p/USP14 axis. |
| Confidence score: |
0.8174 |