| Expression pattern: |
UP |
| Associated gene: |
PDK2 |
| Associated microRNA: |
miR-124, miR-506 |
| Biological function: |
accelerates proliferation and invasion; promotes tumor formation/growth in vivo |
| Molecular mechanism: |
circHIPK3 acts as a miRNA sponge for miR-124 and miR-506, thereby relieving repression of PDK2 (ceRNA regulatory loop). |
| Biological pathway or process: |
proliferation (promotes); invasion (promotes); tumorigenesis (promotes); ceRNA regulation (promotes) |
| Detected method: |
Q
|
| Validation methods: |
RT-qPCR; RNase R Treatment; Transfection; CCK8; EdU Staining; Transwell Assay; Luciferase Reporter Assay; Western Blot; In Vivo Animal Model; Clinical Sample Validation |
| Clinical significance: |
Upregulated in HCC patients and associated with tumor size, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage. |
| Description: |
circHIPK3 is up-regulated in HCC tissues and cell lines and promotes HCC cell proliferation and invasion as well as xenograft tumor growth. It functions as a ceRNA by sponging miR-124 and miR-506, thereby upregulating the downstream target gene PDK2. |
| Confidence score: |
0.6966 |