Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Long non-coding RNA NR2F1-AS1 induces breast cancer lung metastatic dormancy by regulating NR2F1 and ΔNp63

  • Yingjie Liu,
  • Peiyuan Zhang,
  • Qiuyao Wu,
  • Houqin Fang,
  • Yuan Wang,
  • Yansen Xiao,
  • Min Cong,
  • Tingting Wang,
  • Yunfei He,
  • Chengxin Ma,
  • Pu Tian,
  • Yajun Liang,
  • Lun-Xiu Qin,
  • Qingcheng Yang,
  • Qifeng Yang,
  • Lujian Liao,
  • Guohong Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25552-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Disseminated tumor cells often become dormant before awakening for metastatic growth. Here, the authors report that the lncRNA, NR2F1-AS1, is upregulated in dormant mesenchymal-like breast cancer stem-like cells and promotes dissemination but inhibits proliferation, leading to metastatic dormancy.