cancer tissues; adjacent normal-appearing tissues
KYSE-150; TE-1; HET-1A
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proliferation (promotes); migration (promotes); invasion (promotes); ceRNA regulation (other)
Microarray; RT-qPCR; Clinical Sample Validation; Bioinformatics Analysis; Luciferase Reporter Assay; Transfection; CCK8; Colony Formation Assay; Transwell Assay; Wound Healing Assay
This circRNA could be a promising diagnostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target.
hsa_circ_0000337 is up-regulated in ESCC tissues and promotes ESCC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Mechanistically, it functions as a miRNA sponge for miR-670-5p, supporting a circRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory axis with predicted downstream targets.
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Upregulated circ RNA hsa_circ_0000337 promotes cell proliferation, migration, and invasion of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
combined biological and clinical study